Recent content by DC81

Since my last reply, I'm now actually leaning towards tintered bronze or leaded bronze bushes instead of bearings and reducing the overall material mass. This way it will be cheaper, easier to replace the bushes once every few years, and I won't need to have a complete sealed bearing setup. I...

Thank you!

Overkilled is a compliment! I wasn't sure what ballpark I was looking at for load ratings on the bearings. The materials themselves I wouldn't compromise at all, better over-engineered than on or under.

Hi Lnewqban. The arm well be 70x50x5mm RHS 700mm long. It will be MIG welded to a vertical 50mm diameter high carbon steel tube with 30mm bore, machined to house (top & bottom) NSK tapered roller bearings (30202) with static load rating of 13,200N, 35mmOD and 15mm bore, 11.75mm depth, and a...

Hi Lnewqban. The arm well be 70x50x5mm RHS 700mm long. It will be MIG welded to a vertical 50mm diameter high carbon steel tube with 30mm bore, machined to house (top & bottom) NSK tapered roller bearings (30202) with static load rating of 13,200N, 35mmOD and 15mm bore, 11.75mm depth, and a...

Thank you for explaining this in simpleman terms, I understand now. Thanks heaps folks, I appreciate all your efforts to get through my thick head haha! Now I can aim for bearings that are rated at or above 700kgf and know that they won't collapse.

700 kgf is what I estimated it to be but I worked it out differently. Thank you for confirming this and in a clear manner! The last diagram was me trying to understand from a different perspective on how a vertical force affects sideward force at different angles. If you hang a 70kg weight from...

Thanks for the reply but I don't understand a single piece of it :confused: Was that copied and pasted from another post or was it specific to this post, I don't see any kgf, Newton or kg's and now more confused. I thought it would be a simply triangulation of weights.Here's a simplified...

Hi all. I'm designing a custom spare wheel carrier for my 4wd and currently seeking knowledge on which bearings to use, so I need to work out what force on the bearings will be when it's open (closed will be locked and fully supported!) The example image is simplified for calculation. Close...

Hi everyone! New member here, not much smarter than a monkey but willing to learn. Thanks for the opportunity to learn from yas!