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Part1-These Are The 5 Things You Should Not Do To Your Bearings

2020-01-17

Taking care of your bearings in a proper manner is an important process to increase their lifespan and enhance bearings performance. Often times when bearings are mishandled, it will lead to premature failure.

These are a few things that you should not do to your bearings to avoid early breakdowns: 

1. Applying too little grease

Applying lower than the recommended amount of grease may increase temperatures and metal contact, leading to increased friction and damaging the bearing through extreme wear. As a result, it leads to early failure in your bearings.

2. Applying too much grease

In fact, over-greasing causes even more damage to the bearings than under-greasing. Applying too much grease will lead to heat-build up as there is nowhere for heat to dissipate and along with the internal churning of the bearing, the excessive grease will then travel outside the bearing and hardened on the surface, preventing the entry of any other grease. The restricted lubricant flow and high temperature then results in lubrication failure and in turn, bearing failure.

3. Placing your bearings on the ground

Avoid placing your bearings on the floor for long hours even if they are new and tightly sealed in a package. This is due to the direct contact between the ground and the bearings and thus heat transfers quickly from the floor to the bearings. Furthermore, the ground surface is also exposed to moisture that could seep into the packaging of the bearings and eventually to the bearing itself. 

Therefore, it is strongly recommended that whenever you receive your bearings, place them on high surfaced objects such as a wooden palette that acts as an insulator without any direct contact between the ground and bearings so that heat transfer is slow; the same goes for moisture.