[Bell Historians] Moseley St Mary

[Richard Offen]

It’s a very long time since I did any engineering, but I seem to remember
that the dynamic load created by use of ball bearings is considerable
greater than that from plain bearings, which is why the diameter of gudgeons
on bells hung on ball bearings is usually significantly larger than for
those hung with plain bearings.   

 

Over the years there have been a number of gudgeon failures on bells where
locals have fitted ball bearings to original gudgeons that were manufactured
for use with plain bearings.

 

I’m sure some of our number who are current engineers will be able to
furnish a much more ‘scientific’ explanation than the above!

 

Richard

 

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If the gudgeons were safe enough with plain bearings, then why should they
not be with ball bearings?

 Clearly here there was a more substantial failure than b/b collapse.

George


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