Matthew Gregory
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There have been a number of threads in the past that stated that the posters roached their bearings by using grease, so I'd strongly suggest not doing that.
Also, although your description of how to align the grinder makes sense, it makes too many assumptions - for starters, assuming the drive wheel would be square!!! Mine wasn't, which was exacerbated by the drive shaft being bent, as well. Ages ago, Brian Fellhoelter posted a few times about what it took him to get his squared away, and if memory serves, he got it close, but not exactly right - much of which spurred him to make his Ubergrinder. If he still participated here, I'll bet he'd be a great source of information.
Also, although your description of how to align the grinder makes sense, it makes too many assumptions - for starters, assuming the drive wheel would be square!!! Mine wasn't, which was exacerbated by the drive shaft being bent, as well. Ages ago, Brian Fellhoelter posted a few times about what it took him to get his squared away, and if memory serves, he got it close, but not exactly right - much of which spurred him to make his Ubergrinder. If he still participated here, I'll bet he'd be a great source of information.
get a big square, some magnetic levels, and a 36" piece of PGFS and just start. i would use the drive wheel as my initial reference point. sounds like a nightmare. is there any drawings so you can make a plan? as far as the new bearings, they should come in a box with instructions including grease requirements. most bearings that size are sealed, permanently lubed. if it comes with a zerk, i would grease whether bearings are sealed or not just to keep grinder dust out of the works.
scott