Reply To: harrison m300, spindle run out…bearings?

[Nigel McBurney 1Participant @nigelmcburney1]

Interesting ,particularly the cracked bearing cage on you tube, Trouble is one never knows with used lathes their life history,there are a lot of idiots about who attempt to adjust mechanical items without the handbook and make things worse as they do not attempt to look at the cosequences of "if I tighten this nut will it affect anything else ?''So I still think a complete strip down is essential. The only other snag is to consider is the cost of one or both Gamet bearings more than the lathes value. ? Has anyone tried o replace the Gament bearings with sav top Quality timkens or are Gamet bearings made so they cannot be replaced with cheaper bearings,because does the averager modeller really need super precision bearings,I believe Boxfords use top grade Timkens