bird dog
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I have a 10' Landpride disc with flanged bearings. From the factory the bearing is turned towards the bearing support bracket with the grease zerk on top. They put a notch in the bracket to access the zerk but its very difficult to get a grease gun on it and hold it there to get the grease in. You can't get a lock n lube in there or I would use one of those.
So my question is, can the bearing be turned the other direction. Are they directional? If I flip it over and turn it 90 degrees the zerk is simple to get to. It seems too simple which makes me thing they are turning the flange towards the bracket for a reason. Any ideas why this might be a mistake?
The bearing looks like this
https://www.google.com/search?q=National+FD209RB+Flanged+Disc+Harrow+Bearing&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAAHeACH_CAoiDS9nLzExZjVqYmQxa3BiEDY3NjBlYmJmOWIwYjA2OGH6ARBQb3B1bGFyIHByb2R1Y3RzmAIBiAUCogUsTmF0aW9uYWwgRkQyMDlSQiBGbGFuZ2VkIERpc2MgSGFycm93IEJlYXJpbmfABZz8yO_6zLHyXsAFnpKo_bnozdcnwAXLqsWguYyw_osBwAXqt8SI_KPM3Y4BwAXQ1e6Xkfeu9c8BwAWKxoyni-qKy3TABfjTgub48Pu10AHABYqTj_a2jY38lwHABe6nwpbs7dO1EMAF8MDiz9KK6fJdu6NEON4AAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxhNbD-ubqAhUvgK0KHbzlBFcQ9f8EegQICxAG&biw=1408&bih=668
So my question is, can the bearing be turned the other direction. Are they directional? If I flip it over and turn it 90 degrees the zerk is simple to get to. It seems too simple which makes me thing they are turning the flange towards the bracket for a reason. Any ideas why this might be a mistake?
The bearing looks like this
https://www.google.com/search?q=National+FD209RB+Flanged+Disc+Harrow+Bearing&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAAHeACH_CAoiDS9nLzExZjVqYmQxa3BiEDY3NjBlYmJmOWIwYjA2OGH6ARBQb3B1bGFyIHByb2R1Y3RzmAIBiAUCogUsTmF0aW9uYWwgRkQyMDlSQiBGbGFuZ2VkIERpc2MgSGFycm93IEJlYXJpbmfABZz8yO_6zLHyXsAFnpKo_bnozdcnwAXLqsWguYyw_osBwAXqt8SI_KPM3Y4BwAXQ1e6Xkfeu9c8BwAWKxoyni-qKy3TABfjTgub48Pu10AHABYqTj_a2jY38lwHABe6nwpbs7dO1EMAF8MDiz9KK6fJdu6NEON4AAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjxhNbD-ubqAhUvgK0KHbzlBFcQ9f8EegQICxAG&biw=1408&bih=668