D2 steering lever bearings

Hi Team,
I recently submitted these charts from the past that have all this data then available.

https://www.acmoc.org/bb/discussion-d72/26787-caterpillar-ball-and-roller-bearing-conversions#219292

Cheers,
Eddie B.

OK, thanks Eddie, I didn't have that particular set of files. Just happy to find a supplier. Still would like to find a cross for a 4B3712.

Herb

Thanks for sharing that info Herb, good to know the bearings are out there at very reasonable prices, if you are not a regular user of this BB it is easy for handy info like Eddies and yours to quickly disappear from the front page of the forum and end up on page 5 or 15, never to be seen again..
Regards
Mike

I have found when removing that pivot shaft from D2 and many other Cats with similar arrangements that the shaft is rough and pitted from the bearings wearing on a very small surface as it only rotates a few degrees, I have replaced some with oil impregnated brass bushings. That may be part of living in the rust belt.

Oh yes absolutely. I can machine new shafts and make bushings to suit. Bronze would work very well also for the amount of intermittent use these tractors see in a year.

Thanks for the replies. Herb

Is the consensus that bronze bushings would be superior to roller bushings for longevity?