Ashtray bearings.

Mrpatatomoto · Post by **Mrpatatomoto** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 12:00 am

My ashtray's bearings have gone missing over its life and it sits crooked and blocks the glove box, which is missing the insert... does anyone have redneck solutions for the bearings? I thought about marbles but they're too big. Might have bearings out of a transmission in a box somewhere just have to start digging.

Post by **Stuka** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 7:06 am

Find an old office desk with a drawer, take the ball bearings out of its rollers.

RockRollin · Post by **RockRollin** » Fri Sep 05, 2014 5:30 pm

Well supplied bicycle repair shop should have a huge assortment, metric ans sae

haminawag · Post by **haminawag** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:41 am

Any decent hardware store will have a big selection of bearings, I got mine at an ACE for my '71 F-250, made it work like new.

MadMax78 · Post by **MadMax78** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 11:38 am

What about BBs?

Tatsadasayago · Post by **Tatsadasayago** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 12:32 pm

I just measured mine with a digital caliper and they are .490"
Close enough that a 1/2" ball bearing should work.

Jim

haminawag · Post by **haminawag** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 1:27 pm

Tatsadasayago wrote:I just measured mine with a digital caliper and they are .490"
Close enough that a 1/2" ball bearing should work.

Jim

It'll be a bit tight but that's better than having it fall out.

carnuck · Post by **carnuck** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 6:30 pm

Tatsadasayago wrote:I just measured mine with a digital caliper and they are .490"
Close enough that a 1/2" ball bearing should work.

Jim

What year is that? Mine were replaced with .22 beebees.

Mrpatatomoto · Post by **Mrpatatomoto** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:30 pm

Mines definitely in the .490 range not .22 its got 2 holes on each side. I tried to take a picture but the flash was causing too much glare.

Tatsadasayago · Post by **Tatsadasayago** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 7:53 pm

carnuck wrote:
Tatsadasayago wrote:I just measured mine with a digital caliper and they are .490"
Close enough that a 1/2" ball bearing should work.

Jim
What year is that? Mine were replaced with .22 beebees.

Mine is a 77 with four bearings.
I don't remember the pre-74 bearings being that large and it seems there were more of them than just four....like a stack of 6-8 each side.
Then again, I may be mistaken.

Jim

Mrpatatomoto · Post by **Mrpatatomoto** » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:32 pm

Went to Mc BEEPY parts store since I was driving passed it and they were less than helpful. Gonna have to drive across town and go to the helpful store tomorrow.

pyro · Post by **pyro** » Sun Sep 07, 2014 11:34 am

I've got an extra glovebox assembly w mount...$15 shipped

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