Re: D&S and roller bearings
| June 13, 2019 10:39PM |
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SebJ Wrote:
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> Interesting, thanks !
> I guess those bearings are sealed ones ? Is there
> a need and way to refill them with grease from
> time to time or they are just pre-greased for
> their lifetime ?
> Also, are those brake shoes on Jerry’s pic of
> 212 some sort of composite ones ?
The bearings are greased and sealed for the duration of service.
All D&S passenger equipment has composite brake shoes, aside from the B7.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
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> Interesting, thanks !
> I guess those bearings are sealed ones ? Is there
> a need and way to refill them with grease from
> time to time or they are just pre-greased for
> their lifetime ?
> Also, are those brake shoes on Jerry’s pic of
> 212 some sort of composite ones ?
The bearings are greased and sealed for the duration of service.
All D&S passenger equipment has composite brake shoes, aside from the B7.
Jeff Taylor
CRRM curator of equipment and rolling stock.
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