Help! Perkins Generator Problem in Atlanta

[dthollis1961]

Andy,

I pressed out the old bearing and pressed a new one in. Here is the
bearing number for NSK brand: 6203ZZC3. Buy a spare.

I also have handy a Dayco belt number: 17415

David Hollis 84FRC35 Springfield,IL


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Andy Coleman"
wrote:
>
> Fellow Wanderlodgers,
>
> My 83 FC-35 is on its first roadtrip as I write this. Left NJ on
> Tuesday and made it to Atlanta with few mechanical problems.
>
> Until last night. I was at a concert when the 3" dynamo pulley on
my
> Perkins 12.5 generator ceased up. I smelled the smoke, turned it
off,
> and watched the belt burn in half on the pulley.
>
> Spent hours running around Atlanta today looking for a new pulley
and
> bearing. No luck. Nobody seems capable of finding the part number
> from 1983. Or a similar pulley that might work.
>
> Heading down to West Palm Beach, FL tonight. Its going to be very
hot!
>
> Might anybody know the part number for the small 3" pulley on the
> Perkins that you adjust the tension with? If I had that number, I
> might have much more success.
>
> You should see how fried the old bearings were!
>
> Any help is appreciated!
>
> Andy
> 83 FC-35
> Spring Lake Heights, NJ
>