Hello, I'm hoping someone can help me with my Lathe, it's an older type Super 7 with the clutch inside the pulleys. This type has needle roller bearings at either end of the countershaft and mine are knackered. The problem is that I can't find a replacement as Myford only seem to stock bearings for the newer version which uses oilite bushes. So I have three questions: Can anyone point me to a source of replacement bearings, or even tell me the full spec of them so that I can find them from a bearing company? Failing that, is there a known work-around, such as replacing them with some sort of bush as on the newer lathes? Finally – can anyone who has done this job before offer any advice on how to go about it and what any potential pitfalls might be? At present all I have to guide me is the exploded drawing in the manual so any other help would be gratefully received.

Many thanks,

Mike

Thanks to both for your responses – I decided to stick with the roller bearings and now they're switched it's all running much better. An easier job than I expected.

M