Ok, so I need an education....
I opened up my 385xp and removed the bearings. It looks like flywheel side is a 6203 ... crank measures .669 (17mm diameter) and the thickness of the bearing itself is .471 on my micrometer (12mm is .472)
PTO side is same diameter, inner and outer, just thicker ... .511 on my mic (or 1.297mm). Why oh why can't we just use a regular 6203 sealed bearing in its place?
On the flywheel side, there appears to be an oil seal seperate from the bearing. On the PTO side, no seal other than the seal inherent to the bearing. Still, seems to be that its silly to have a $40 bearing on the PTO side that is nearly identical to a 6203 except fatter. I'm all for heavier duty, but obviously they've made such a bearing nearly impossible to buy other than from a husky dealer.
Thoughts, comments??? anyone know of a "thicker" 6203 thats more easily accessable than a $40 oem part?
I opened up my 385xp and removed the bearings. It looks like flywheel side is a 6203 ... crank measures .669 (17mm diameter) and the thickness of the bearing itself is .471 on my micrometer (12mm is .472)
PTO side is same diameter, inner and outer, just thicker ... .511 on my mic (or 1.297mm). Why oh why can't we just use a regular 6203 sealed bearing in its place?
On the flywheel side, there appears to be an oil seal seperate from the bearing. On the PTO side, no seal other than the seal inherent to the bearing. Still, seems to be that its silly to have a $40 bearing on the PTO side that is nearly identical to a 6203 except fatter. I'm all for heavier duty, but obviously they've made such a bearing nearly impossible to buy other than from a husky dealer.
Thoughts, comments??? anyone know of a "thicker" 6203 thats more easily accessable than a $40 oem part?