Posted by Chris Case [75.36.41.237] on Friday, August 02, 2013 at 11:33:56 :
In Reply to: Re: 1 other thing about the trunnion posted by John R Dunn [69.15.168.10] on Friday, August 02, 2013 at 10:40:43 :
While tapered roller bearings can take some thrust, over loading them can cause the rollers to dent the races. Bronze doesn't do that- it has full contact to the race. It has half the strength, but ten times the surface area.