Another Adventure on the Railroad - Bad Bearing on a Hopper Car

Well SUPER DAVE ALEAST "THE BEARING GODS" WAITED FOR :HIS FRIENDS "SUPER DAVE" TO COME BACK TO WORK ".....JUST A QUESTIONS MR DAVE (BEARING 101 CLASS IIN ORDER INSTRUCTOR DAVE ))... WE THOUGHT "DAVES RAILWAYS HAD ANOTHER BAD BEARING BEFORE....TOO ( SEE WE ENJOYED "DAVES SHOWS ".) I NO EXPERT ,BUT AS A WORKER I LOVE TO ATTACK EACH PROBLEMS BY ""WHAT DID I DO WRONG HOW CAN I DO MY JOB PROCESSES DIFFERENTLY SO THIS DOESN'T HAVE THIS HAPPENS AGAIN 😊😊(IM SURE THE ENGINEERS TAKE THIS PERSONAL TOO SAD ) WE KNOW YOU HAVE CURVES (LOVE OUR RIDES YOU SHARE WITH US "THATS DAVE "....) IT BE INTERESTING TO HAVE A JOURNAL TYPE BEARING ( THOSE TRUCKS THAT HAVE A JOURNAL BOXES WITH SEALED ROLLER BEARING BUT LEAVE THE JOURNAL DOORS ON SO THESE BEARING CAN ROLL IN A BATH OF OIL SO THE "COAL DUST "..IS CONSTANTLY "BE OIL WASHED OUT" OF ROLLER BEARING ".... AND CHANGE OIL IN JOURNAL ON A YEARLY OR 6 MONTH PROGRAMS ".......😊😅😮😢🎉😂❤❤❤❤❤...BE INTERESTING..TO "TEST DAVES SUBSCRIBERS INSPIRED VIDEOS THEORY'S """""........SORRY DAVE "THAT RAILWAYING TOO".WE ONLY WRITE THESE COMMENT TO SUPER DAVE BECAUSE WE ARE INNOVATIVE INSPIRATION BY SUPER DAVES....."SHOWS" ITS KINDA FUN TOO😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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Thank You, for the kind words on Veterans Day. I like the practice of changing out the truck. All those bearings have run the same number of miles. Replacing all four has xx downtime. Replacing them one at a time and waiting until they each reach the end of their individual service life would be multiplies of that downtime. Plus all the other little things that did not get done because people had to deal with this unscheduled repair. It costs more but how much does the downtime cost the company?

The ladder on that car is very rusted through.

That could have been disastrous especially if it was loaded. Modern technology is nice, but it does have its limitations.

thank you for the great video dave !

Are you folks able to do the work to replace the bearing or do you have to send the truck out for service?

I remember one of the first videos of yours that I caught where an end of one axle burned through and put the hopper on the ground. That was a real mess as I recall. What's left of this one is really "boogered up" as you say, "there ain't nothin' left of it" as an old shipmate of mine would say. I'd say the "hot wheel detector" pays for itself if it's catching these as it should.

Glad you're doing better. I've got a bum ankle too, 2 screws and a plate that tell me about every change in weather coming. Gads! 😆

Acoustic listener here 🦻,
That little man in that shack finally heard 👂 a Hot 🔥 song 🎵 that saved the day and it didn't make America's Top 40!
Back to work Dave and have fun.😮😂

Cold war vet here. Thanks for remembering all vets Dave. Also another great video !

Thank you

Thank you for this video!
From hot foot to hot wheel.

During WWII Timken was located in Dresden's industrial complex and was the major manufacturer of ball bearings for Germany: The US Army Air Corps bombing of Dresden killed more people than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.

Today all new railroad cars should have in addition to air pressure hoses and electric lines, acoustic detectors for the ball bearings. And hopper cars should have detectors on the discharge doors.

Hey Dave, what's the pl tone beeping on the radio, I'm a general class ham radio operator we have the same radio beeping,love watching your show Dave take care brother see you next time 😊

Very. Interesting dave

Thanks Dave, appreciate you taking us along. Hope the foot continues to heal.

Where did the Morse Code come from? And thanks for the shoutout to all the Vets!

I'll bet those three cap screws shot out like bullets when they broke off!

Welcome back on the job Dave! It was indeed nice work getting that hopper back and good fortune that it was empty. Never a dull moment for you 🙂 Keep looking after you and take care out there!

Thank you for sharing another adventure Dave! It looks like a lot of work to change a wheel bearing on a rail car!

Thank you for the education on bearings, frequency of bearings as they wear.

Cold War Navy Vet 🇺🇸

That’s really cool about how they detect it. I always wondered how they did it but now that I know that’s acoustic that’s a really cool way. I was just reading yesterday about the train in Germany how they put rubber bushings in between the bearings the Eschede and it was also because of their tire was wearing uneven

Wow, do I like the scenery at mp 12.5.

BIG BOY and the BIG SHOW! 📽️ another Gooden 👍 😁

Wowza! You were blessed indeed that things went well as they did! Missed the video about your foot. Have to see that one next, I hope. Glad the bearing is taken care of. Thank you for the shout-out to our country's vets. They deserve better than what they have received in the last few years! (Even way back further!) Stay safe and well.

Ok I would have liked to have seen the swap out. Nice scenery nice views Nice view from the truck. This is a First for me Never seen this before( The truck). Very well done

Thanks for taking us along again.
Thanks too from a Vietnam vet

glad you are back at work so you can keep me entertained.

Did that bearing travel 300,000 miles before failure?

Real nice Dave. Timken makes the bearings for the space shuttle crawler. Obviously not in use but a big bearing. Again not sure of the metal either.

Thank you, Dave, for morse code!👍😁
🎵🎶REINA DEL CID-MORSE CODE🎵🎶

Boy that bearing sure was destroyed Dave. That greasing it up every so often was a good call

Dave glad to hear you are doing a lot better.

Glad your foot is better, Dave. A hot wheel detector - never heard of that before, but is a splendid idea! Wish I could work with you - if I was 40 years younger, and not in the UK, I would! Thanks for the great upload. You make my mornings! ❤from 🇬🇧

Thanks Dave for remembering us veterans and glad you are back to work and hope you are feeling better.

Just like where I work: "We Run To Fail!". My company gave us T-shirts that said that after getting rid of the last of our preventative maitenance programs. When dealing with something overheated I spit on it first and if it doesn't spit back it's usually safe to touch. Acoustic profiling has been around for decades and works great. We have a contractor that comes around doing that yet but when my company gets a bad report they just tell us "Run it 'til it blows!". Great video again, enjoyed it much. Thanks Dave!

Just down the road from here was Timken bearing in St Thomas. The Railway City. 2012 sent the build of heavy bearings to India😢 Happy you're walking around Dave
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No rest for the weary

I'm surprised Iron Synergy hasn't invested in the acoustic barring detector. They seem to be consistently proactive. Take care of your foot Dave...

You may be down with a flat tire Dave but it could be worse! At least you don't have a universal joint out in your rear end!

Good to see your back to work but don’t over do it. Take care of your foot. Great to see an accident was prevented and car repaired.

Thanks Dave 😃

What is the morse code I hear on the radio???

If it comes between paychecks and detectors ......well

Looks like the wheel is toast too with all of the heat cracks. How will they fit that, put in a new/rebuilt truck assembly or just swap out the axle assembly ?

Very interesting to see this, thanks again. Can you or are you going to video the repair, that would be very interesting to see what/how it's done.

So great to have the bearing failure located on time before it got worse.
I tried to locate info regarding where Brenco get's the steel from but sadly that seems like top secret info since I can't find any.
The only similar info I found was a Brenco Bearing company located in Russia which supplies to the United States and other countries.

Do you not have any wheel skates there? Jack the bad axle up put a pair skates under the discs then then tow it back