Lister Engine Forum
Lister Engines => Lister Market Place (things for Sale) => Topic started by: Tanman on June 08, 2019, 04:01:53 AM
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How hard/costly is it to add a bearing and shaft to one of these, price is very tempting.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/STAMFORD-GENERATOR-ALTERANTOR-HEAD-BCI162N1-120-240-VOLT-60HZ-10KW-INDUSTRIAL/254236108545?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180816085401%26meid%3Db57476ceb6a24381bce2dfec9c39d48d%26pid%3D100970%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D8%26sd%3D254236108545%26itm%3D254236108545&_trksid=p2481888.c100970.m5481&_trkparms=pageci%3Aa24c6d59-8999-11e9-a9c4-74dbd1804217%7Cparentrq%3A3508290d16b0a4e884131620fff29e72%7Ciid%3A1
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Hi Tanman, that is a very nice military spec Stamford head. If one like that was available in Australia, at that price, I would buy it in a heartbeat. The problem you have is that this is only a single bearing generator head designed to be close coupled to the primary mover. It would certainly be possible to manufacture or adapt a bell housing, bearing and shaft to allow this to be a two bearing unit.
I would recommend you contact all your local engineering companies and explain what you want them to do, ask them for a price.
If I was doing the job it would cost me about $30 for the bearing and about $50 for the steel or aluminium plates required for the adapter plate/bearing housing. It would probably require a whole day to manufacture the parts required so around $320. If the quotes you get are below $500 dollars, that would be reasonable.
Bob
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Save yourself the aggravation and grief. Buy a 2 bearing head if that's what you need.