kelly968•14d agoMost Upvoted

My cutterhead bearings went out mid-dig yesterday

Working a job near Lake Pontchartrain and heard this grinding noise. Had to shut down for 3 hours to swap them out on site. Anyone else carry spare bearings in their truck?

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cole_hall14d ago

Damn man, that's rough. Three hours on site to swap bearings in a cutterhead sounds like a brutal way to spend a workday. I always keep a couple sets of spares in my service truck just for stuff like this, it's saved me more times than I can count when I'm out in the middle of nowhere. What brand did you end up throwing in there?

mary_kelly14d ago

Spare sets are smart in theory @cole_hall, but what nobody talks about is the game of getting the wrong size from your supplier when you're already three hours deep. Most guys just grab whatever the parts house hands them without double checking the inner race clearance. That's how you end up doing the job twice.