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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anthony,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Double checked the bearing and it's an NTN 6904 LU.
Interesting note is that the number is on the seal as opposed to being stamped
into bearing. However, I have a post from this List that I saved last year that
indicates that it's a 6904LLU/2A. By the description given at that time, it
sounds like the same bearing. I don't actually need any at the moment as I have
2 spares. As well as they are performing, that'll easily be two seasons worth.
Appreciate you checking it out though. Some of the other guys may need some.
Missed seeing ya at Westland.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony
Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 28, 2004 8:49 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stainless Steel
Bearings</DIV>
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<DIV>Verne,</DIV>
<DIV>Looks like you were quoted the "man off the street" cash matrix price at
$42.00 I don't know who you went to, but it is common practice to charge
list price to customers with no buying relationship with the supplier. That
price is also very negotiable if you ask. I just looked in our system and
don't find an exact listing for that part number. That doesn't mean we don't
carry it, it could just be called something else by us, or it is just not
loaded in our product file. This is what a search of our system
returned:</DIV>
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<DIV>Part Description
Vendor
Mfg
Recode Master</DIV>
<DIV>6904NR
NTN BEARING CORP
NTN
*Obsolete*</DIV>
<DIV>6904ZZ
NTN BEARING CORP
NTN
6904ZZ/2A</DIV>
<DIV>6905LLU
NTN BEARING CORP NTN</DIV>
<DIV>6904LLU/2A NTN
BEARING CORP NTN</DIV>
<DIV>6904LLU2A NTN
BEARING CORP
NTN
6904LLU/2A</DIV>
<DIV>6904LLUC3/2E NTN BEARING
CORP NTN</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>That is just a small sampling of possible matches, excluding the exact
part number that is unlisted. It is possible that we don't list it in our
product file because we don't sell a lot of them, but as an authorized NTN
distributor we can buy them at a pretty good cost. I checked the "near
matches" and they ran about $17.00 on average.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I have missed competing like crazy!!! Between work ,a hectic school
schedule, and the endless rain I have only gotten out to fly three times
this year. The summer semester ends at the end of July, and my MBA program
starts August 24th so I am going to do my very best to sneak in at least
one contest.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Good luck to everyone preparing for the nats.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Anthony <BR><B><I>Verne Koester <verne@twmi.rr.com></I></B>
wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Anthony,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>The NTN number is 6904LU. The bearing supplier closest
to me wants 42.00 each. Tower sells it packaged as the O.S. 1.4 EFI
replacement part for 26.00 each. Same number, same manufacturer (NTN) - go
figure. All I know is they work, easily last a whole season plus and let me
concentrate on flying instead of engines - the very reason I went back to
2-strokes in the first place. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Gonna see ya at Westland?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Verne</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=aabdu@sbcglobal.net href="mailto:aabdu@sbcglobal.net">Anthony
Abdullah</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 25, 2004 9:07
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stainless Steel
Bearings</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Does anyone know the NTN part number for the OS 140 RX SS bearing
set. I work for the second largest bearing distributor in North America
and could get them for 2% above cost if I had the part number. Otherwise I
have to take mine out and mic it. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>We also distribute some very cool linear motion items that, if
lighter, would be great in a pattern plane. We have a SS shaft,
which I suppose could be carbon fiber, that runs through a long cylinder
containing ball bearings in a serpentine arrangement. It guarantees
precise linear motion with almost no friction whatsoever. If the cylinder
were 30 feet long, a small push would send the shaft all the way to the
other end. If I were more industrious, or had the time, I would take it
home and rework it to make it lighter. <BR><BR><B><I>Ron
Van Putte <vanputte@cox.net></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
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Jun 25, 2004, at 4:10 AM, Jerry Budd wrote:<BR><BR>> I used to carry
the OS 1.40 SS bearings but I quit running the OS. <BR>> That and I
discovered a retailer in NY that was selling them online <BR>> for
less than I could purchase them for: <BR>>
https://www.shinyei.co.jp/AFCBearings/index.htm (I have no idea if
<BR>> they're any good). So I quit carrying them.<BR><BR>Which
bearing from this source is the correct SS bearing for the OS
<BR>1.40RX?<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>>> Who carries the OS 1.40
SS bearing?<BR>>> Doesn't Jerry Budd carry this
bearing?<BR>>><BR>>> Wayne G.<BR>><BR>> -- <BR>>
___________<BR>> Jerry Budd<BR>> Budd Engineering<BR>>
http://www.buddengineering.com<BR>>
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