Well here is what I found today after hitting a few more spots. NAPA does not stock the Gold “Speedi Sleeve”, they can order it and it has to come out of a warehouse down south somewhere. Ready for the cost, $58.00, no thank you!
Next stop Berry Bearing, yep they can get them but they have to come out of a warehouse down south somewhere. Cost, $48.00, but they do stock the standard sleeve in the local warehouse and can have that in the morning, cost, $31.88. It will be here in the morning.
Now, the $7 and $8 sleeves are not SKF “Speedi Sleeves” but a shell that is glued to the damaged shaft. The actual Speedi Sleeve is a highly precision sleeve that it pulled onto the shaft by the flange at the backside and they are held to very close dimensional tolerance and surface finish.
So, there we have it.
And Tim I don’t know what the deal is with that vendor that’s quite a spread and even at $38 you can be sure there will be a $10 or $12 dollar shipping charge added to any mail order.
That’s done, on to the next project!
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
