On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 11:48:05PM +0000, andy pugh wrote: > On 2 February 2011 10:22, Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> wrote: > > > Ah, if it surfaces, and a scanner is conveniently close to hand, it'd be > > interesting to see, but your ideas on how best to take up the slack are > > most valuable. > > I needed an excuse to re-familiarise myself with Inventor, so > http://picasaweb.google.com/bodgesoc/Gibbs#5569241816003725954 > http://picasaweb.google.com/bodgesoc/Gibbs#5569241816003725954 > http://picasaweb.google.com/bodgesoc/Gibbs#5569241836410270178
> The two angular contact bearings take the thrust loads, the needle > roller bearing working directly on the worm shaft takes the radial > loads. > The bolt/coupling/collar pulls the inner races tight against a shim. > Then the retainer bolts tension the outer races against the inners. Aaah, I'm grateful for the explanation, Andy. It seems straightforward _after_ the methodology is explained. (The picture's worth more than a thousand words, just so long as there are enough accompanying words. :-) Thank you very much for such wonderful detail. It'll save me doing it three times, to get it right. Erik ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users