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    Sam Carlson
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    How to tell if a roller or ball bearing is bad

    I'm currently working through a bit of a problem with my c900: the gearbox is making an rpm-dependent whine. It means I may have a bad bearing somewhere, or the new primary gears I've put in are worn.

    This being the case, I've been looking into how to spot a worn bearing, and came across this very good guide, which I thought I'd post here:
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    Be sure to scroll all the way to the bottom and click the links to see some fantastic roller bearing carnage photos and descriptions!

    Do I really have nothing better to do than look at pictures of buggered roller-bearings? Does anybody care?
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    Quote Originally Posted by euromobile900 View Post
    I'm currently working through a bit of a problem with my c900: the gearbox is making an rpm-dependent whine. It means I may have a bad bearing somewhere, or the new primary gears I've put in are worn.

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    it is an automatic or manual transmission? it should be good to see the description MT or AT in the profile "My saab"
    it could be the flywheel noise.

    - I have some pictures of manual transmission clutch kit fried due sliding, if you are interested about it...


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    It's a manual. I'm very sure it was the bearing. I just took it apart and it was spinning on the aluminum shaft. Wore away the shaft so much that I needed to use Loctite and a punch to make clearances tighter. I hope this has fixed it, but only time will tell.
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    Here's my shot-bearing. It was very shot, in multiple ways. First off, it had a discoloration on one side of the inner race, presumably caused by heat. This was when it was installed originally. I unwittingly put this bad bearing into my own car!
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    It spun on the aluminum shaft, forcing me to repair it.
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    Upon disassembling the bearing (removed from upper primary sprocket using a drift), I found this on the outer race:
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    False Brinelling (straight line shaped marks) and some fretting.

    Rollers show some small wear marks:
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    Inner race shows massive fretting:
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    Not coincidentally, this is only present on the same side as the "overheat mark":
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    Nasty stuff, eh?
    Last edited by euromobile900; 20 December 2010 at 18:15.
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    - I have some pictures of manual transmission clutch kit fried due sliding, if you are interested about it...










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    Well, that is quite a burned clutch there. It looks as though some of the metal was reddish-hot from friction! The blueing of the pressure plate and bits of metal embedded in the disc are giveaways! Were you able to reuse the flywheel?
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    my dealer replaced all parts:
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    -slave cylinder.


 

 

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