Vintage Windmill and Wind Generator Forum

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The early Beattys before WW2 had bearings made in Japan.

I got mine at my tractor dealer, they got them in for me.

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On the ones that go back up in the air, I put a grease fitting there and also one under the case where that grease cup is

12 half inch balls go in there. What condition is the mast pipe in? Sometimes they are really worn and need to be fixed.

The keys on the Beatty aren't tapered.

You can press the shaft out the front of the hub. I would get a new shaft made for it.

If you mean the grooves on the inside of the hub, they are part of the hub and can't be removed seperately. Those grooves keep the oil from leaking out the front of the snout where the hub is. Hub in second pic is worn.

It's a really well built wheel except when you want to dismantle it, I guess they didn't think about that back then.