tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post5152141985647731742..comments2024-03-24T11:33:56.203-05:00Comments on Hicks Car Works: Day After DayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1810478746663531557.post-81598030406278406122012-07-21T03:41:22.976-05:002012-07-21T03:41:22.976-05:00I am going to look over those douglas fir (not pin...I am going to look over those douglas fir (not pine) posts very carefully so do not think of submitting a bill for painting them in any way. As to the compressor bearing, we are used to babbit bearings. But what you describe sounds more like a bronze sleeve bearing with a loose ring (A SLINGER) that slings oil up onto the shaft based on it free wheeling when the shaft is turning. That might have been a replacement bearing system in the last 100 years. To remove a shaft with those, loosen the end plates, and carefully lift that ring up, it should be the same diameter as the outside of the sleeve and then the end cap should slide off. Of course I could be totally misreading your description.<br /><br />Bob KutellaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com