Cam Follower Bearing

So, what does McGill have to say about its bearings and solving this problem?

we can ask help from P+am, India not McGill because the m/c supplier is P+am.

We have the bearing drawings and specification, and as per the spec. we tried to dismantle it but thread joint of bearing is not responding. outer casing of bearing is completely damaged, and not enough place to maintenance. If we have any clear idea that how to open the turret from upper side it will help us. No idea from manual!

It's time to send digital photos of the problem to P+am, then, and ask for their recommendations. After all, they have a reputation to protect. Use that!

We will obviously ask help or recommendation from them, and truly they are serious about their reputation.

But my concern is, if it is thread type cam follower then why its not opening through wrench? Whats are the probable problems?

Ask P+am, with photos - the ones that haven't been added to this post. <unsubscribes>

A CAM follower bearing is nothing but a small roller(the bearing) on its own mounting shaft. If by opening with a wrench the nut on the shaft does not open the bearing. It is there to retain the bearing. Usually the CAM follower is installed in a port. A nuts placed on the thread shaft to retain it the hole. A lot of these are eccentric which allows some adjustment for aligning something.

Now if you asking why it will not come out of it's port. If it is eccentric you may have turn it putting force against what ever it's guiding when you back the nut off. Which has it bound up in the port. The face of it has slot for flat screw driver or Allen wrench turn it until it's free.

That Allen wrench socket does not open it up either it's there to rotate the shaft or in some applications the port may be threaded to screw it in.

Why??? do you want to open a bearing that you say is damaged. Are you trying to copy the manufacturing process? If the bearing is bad replace it and call supplier for remediations.

If we can not open it how can we change it?

If Tony's first suggestion does not help, I hear he knows a guy named Ivan who can break anything apart....

Must introduce you to Ivan, most of Derbyshire's engineers would club together to send him to meet you. One way only though.

PAM is capsule mfg machine mfr from Mumbai, India. Well known in indusrtey for their quality. If you need any help from them then I can get you contact details etc.

We have fix it, with the help of P+am. The bearing was thread type but P+am modified if and they install it by push-fit

Do they have cameras in India? Maybe a few pictures would help!

Haaaa, what a joke, we can launch Satellite in space Camera is nothing.

Touchy! Touchy!

Throw out the line.................gotcha.............reel it in!!!!!

What is offending in my line?, please clarify.

No, my friend, there is nothing offensive in your reply at all.

You were just being "baited"............he was waiting for a reply similar to the one you gave..........or...........you have been "had."

He is from California and must have met many Indian Software Engineers there and aware of calibre of Indian engineers.Still to ask if there is any camera in Mumbai sounds bit funny.

You need to understand that the OP did not give a clear explanation of the problem that he was faced with..........the imagination could have run wild.

A photograph of the problem component would have been much better, particularly when one does not have a good command of the English language.

to ask if there is any camera in Mumbai sounds bit funny means do not try to explain the problem, send a photograph and use it with the explanation of the problem........that will then give, hopefully, everyone an idea of the problem.........or simply put............send a bloody photo of it.

You may find some useful info on the following website "McGill Precision Bearings Full Line".....it is a pdf file.