That load sheave alignment trick everyone skips is costing you bearings

Been to 3 different sites this month where guys just eyeballed the alignment on the sheave and called it good. Then wonder why the bearings are shot after 6 months. I spent 20 minutes with a laser alignment tool on a service elevator downtown last Tuesday and the difference was night and day. Smooth as butter going up and down. Anyone else notice shops just skip this step to save time?

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phoenix2465d ago

Oh yeah I saw the SAME thing last week on a hotel job, laser alignment caught it perfectly.

ray3565d ago

Wait, laser alignment on a hotel job?

miller.rowan5d agoMost Upvoted

Yeah, that "caught it perfectly" bit hits home. I had a job last year where we were trying to hang a commercial kitchen hood and the wall was off by almost a quarter inch over eight feet. If we had just used a level, we would have been fighting that thing the whole way. The laser showed us the exact shims we needed before we even drilled a hole. Saved us a full day of swearing and rebuilding.