What are these?
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Printed Date: November-19-2024 at 12:19am
Topic: What are these?
Posted By: Big Pappa
Subject: What are these?
Date Posted: June-09-2012 at 11:41pm
So I have been pulling of all the accessories from my engine getting it ready to be painted today. Well after I rolled it back in the garage I found all of these metal balls under the engine. They look like ball bearings but I have no idea where they came from. Anyone know where they came from? ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |
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Posted By: SN206
Date Posted: June-10-2012 at 1:15am
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A Shotgun! LOL Sorry I'm no help. ------------- ...those who have fallen and those who will. |
Posted By: DrCC
Date Posted: June-10-2012 at 2:17am
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Ha ! Mine does the same thing. I keep putting them back in, and they keep falling out. Roll-around engine cradle swivel caster bearings |
Posted By: Big Pappa
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 3:50pm
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Thanks guys. I have no idea where these would have come from. I guess I will just have to keep an eye out and see if I see anywhere that they could have come from. ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |
Posted By: dwcar
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 4:28pm
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did you check your caster wheels on your engine dolly? ------------- 83Ski |
Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 4:29pm
+1 they didnt come out of your engine. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
DrCC wrote:Posted By: Big Pappa
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 4:34pm
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I totally missed that in DrCC's post, You know what, I bet that is it!! I did not even think about the casters. Thanks guys, I will check that when I get home. ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |
Posted By: backfoot100
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 5:35pm
If that is truly where they came from and your engine is still hanging on it, I would be really carefull!!!!!! By the way Joe, I've seen your engines spit out a lot of them things before  ------------- When people run down to the lake to see what's making that noise, you've succeeded. Eddie |
Posted By: Big Pappa
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 5:47pm
Nah it is not a big deal. I have my engine on a stand I made out of 2 X 12s standing on edge to mimick stringers. Then the castors are on a 2x4 frame under that. If I lost a wheel it would just be hitting the 3 wheel motion for a little bit.  This is my engine sitting on the stand I made.  ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |
Posted By: JoeinNY
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 5:48pm
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I have seen a lot of things come out of an engine that shouldnt but ball bearings aint one of them. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=1477 - 1983 Ski Nautique 2001 1967 Mustang 302 "Decoy" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cO5MkcBXBBs - Holeshot Video |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 5:58pm
You mean to tell me there arent any ball bearings in that 409w, Joe? C'mon... its all ball bearings nowadays. ------------- |
Posted By: 81nautique
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 6:17pm
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many people lose their marbles working on boats, they must be the previous owners!! ------------- You can’t change the wind but you can adjust your sails |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 7:24pm
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Kris, When selecting casters, always look at the weight rating. Don't just grab anything that is cheap at HD!!  BTW, Listen to Joe. He's had stuff come out of his engines that he really didn't want coming out!!  ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: Big Pappa
Date Posted: June-11-2012 at 7:38pm
I did, each of those castors were rated at something like 260 pounds, that is a total weight supported of over 1000. I figured it would be OK. I did not take into consideration the lip going back into my garage. (I think that is what made one of them blow up.)  Thankfully I will not need these much longer so I will make due.  ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |
Posted By: Big Pappa
Date Posted: June-12-2012 at 6:08pm
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I checked when I got home yesterday and these did come from the castors. The front right castor to be exact. It still had about half of the bearings still in there so it is still functional for the time being. I am going to see if I can push these back in to limp it along fr a few weeks until I put the engine back in the boat. ------------- http://bit.ly/Mghpvx" rel="nofollow - Big Pappa http://bit.ly/L4zRW0" rel="nofollow - My Project |