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Old 05-04-2015, 08:08 PM   #6
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Originally Posted by RETed View Post
My rule of thumb is to use the width of the pilot bearing *seal* as the amount of space you want to see from the end of (the chamfer) of the hole in the back end of the eccentric shaft to the seal itself.
Of course, the pilot bearing itself is under the seal.
This is about where the old one was installed; just in deep enough so that with the seal against the bearing, the seal sat flush with the chamfered edge of the hole. Thanks!
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