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#16104 01/27/2005 2:40 AM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,904 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2001 Posts: 1,904 | I read a thread someplace from a fellow who worked for a bearing company. He said the ball bearings in good shape were fine and dissipated the heat better than roller bearings.
I have a hunch that they switched to roller bearings because they were cheaper to make, not necessarily better. It must be easier to make a steel rod and chop it up than to make steel balls one by one.
But if my ball bearings smithereened, I'd try to put in rollers.
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