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Generator f Front Bearing

Post by Plankhill » Mon Jun 21, 2021 6:59 pm

I have taken two generators apart lately that have two bearings in front. The rear bearing acts as a spacer as the shaft shoulder is set back. What's the deal.
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Re: Generator f Front Bearing

Post by Mark Gregush » Mon Jun 21, 2021 7:25 pm

You can add up to 5 photos per post, so you may want to combine all into one and if more then 5, add as a reply to keep all in same string. If that brush plate came out of the same generator, maybe post the whole unit showing the case and end pieces.
I know the voices aren't real but damn they have some good ideas! :shock:

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Re: Generator f Front Bearing

Post by Plankhill » Tue Jun 22, 2021 5:29 am

No Not out of the same unit.


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Re: Generator f Front Bearing

Post by speedytinc » Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:10 am

I have rebuit a couple hundred generators. Never seen this.

SWAG: Say Q/C ends up with a batch of scrap armatures where the shaft is machined too far in.(out of tolerence) They rework the shaft using a 2nd bearing as a spacer. Parts made usable. That 2nd bearing could serve no other purpose.


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Re: Generator f Front Bearing

Post by OilyBill » Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:18 pm

Could that be an example of one of the very early Ford Generators? The F.A. Liberty generator, (or whatever it was) before they went to the standard Ford pattern device?

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