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Help!!! Need someone to make me some plastic bearings.

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by trdracing5, Jul 6, 2009.

  1. Jul 6, 2009 at 6:06 PM
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    trdracing5

    trdracing5 [OP] Well-Known Member

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    Long story..........
    I bought my wife a used stepper/climber (cheap!!!)
    It appears that all of the plastic "bearings" are cracked (made in Taiwan go figure). I call them "bearings" but they really look like small hockey pucks!

    Does anyone know anyone or know of an online business that machines small plastic parts for a reasonable price?

    I bought a nylon rod online and tried to make them myself but I could not get them all to have a consistent size.

    I basically need the following:

    6 plastic bearings 1-11/16 wide and 15/16 thick
    6 plastic bearings 1-11/16 wide and 7/8 thick.

    I have attached a picture of one of the bearings that I made. It would have worked great if I could have made 5 more exactly like it.

    Anyone got any suggestions. I need to save face with the wife!

    bearing2.jpg
    bearing.jpg
     
  2. Jul 6, 2009 at 7:46 PM
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    jpg366

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    Have you googled for a manufacturer's (or distributor's) web site to see if they sell replacement parts? For making some, I'd think some glass-filled nylon could be turned down in a lathe and cut off pretty easily (try local machine shops).
     
  3. Jul 6, 2009 at 7:47 PM
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    chris4x4

    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    A larger Ace Hardwaer should have something like that. I actually saw those at one today.
     
  4. Jul 6, 2009 at 7:50 PM
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    I tried contacting the company that made the stepper but they no speak English.
     
  5. Jul 6, 2009 at 7:51 PM
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    chris4x4

    chris4x4 With sufficient thrust, pigs fly just fine. Moderator

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    Do you want to send me one, and I'll see if I can get a match, and send them to ya?
     

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