URGENT HELP - Anderson Axle Bearings

[Dean Martin]

Folks, I have a shipment stuck in US Customs which includes 3 Axle Bearings and for some reason ball bearings are a major concern for USA Boarder control

I cant reach the shipper Ian Harrison on root to Australia and Anderson Karts are not answering the phone at this time of day.

Anyone confirm -
What are the anderson axle bearing type, O/D, manufacturer and country of origin.

It is urgent as customs threaten destroying the box. I dont care about the bearings but the other content is really important................................
IF you are reading this in Australia and can alert Ian Harrison. Please do.
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DEAN MARTIN

[Gerry MacNutt]

I,ve heard that before also do not import Kinder surprise chocolate eggs, another terror related product

http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Kinder+eggs+surprise+includes+harrowing+stop+border/6956919/story.html

[Allan Litten]

Hi Dean,
They will most likely be:
35mm ID
72mm or maybe 80mm OD
Type : Ball Bearing
Origin: either Japan, Germany, Italy, France ..... and possibly China This is the hard one as it depends on the brand

Hope that helps

regards
Allan.

[Chris Reinhardt]

Dean, probably not the same quality, but Italian motors has 35mm bearings.

Also try Johnny West, he usually has a good stock of just about everything....

PS, not that it helps, but I remember Pete Muller posting something about counterfeit bearings...

CR
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[RUSSELL ANDERSON]

Hi Dean,
Anderson supplied Axle bearings are "Nachi or Asahi" 35 x 72mm with 8mm x 1mm pitch grub screw locks. (High quality)
Origin is Japan. Now I am not sure if these are what Ian would have supplied you as he may have outsourced them?
Hope it helps.
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[Dean Martin]

Thanks for the help and messages. Just FYI - there are some crazy import laws around bearings specifically from Japan and UK Manufacture.

I completed the USA Import Bearings Compliance Form and confirmed the bearings were "Swedish" and of size xxxxx and type xxxxx
Just checked the UPS tracking and its out for delivery.
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DEAN MARTIN

[Ian Harrison]

Hi Guys

Thanks for all the help given to Dean and great to hear that the shipment is on it's way safely.

Of course it was lucky ( ), that given the problem with British and Japanese bearings that our bearings were Swedish!!


Unfortunately things not going quite so well "down under".

Our first round comfortable lead dissapeared in the first race when a passing attemp on Darren by Warren went a little amiss.

Warren launched off the back of Darrens kart and performed some very impressive aerobatics.

Luckily no injuries to either driver, but Darren's kart was left looking very sad with bent rear bumper, destroyed wing, bent sidebar, twisted bit luckily still watertight radiator, damaged sidepod and various "scrapes and bruises".

After burning the midnight oil the kart was back ready to take thye start for race 2 at 8.30am.

Darren had pulled through into 5 placed in the first 2 laps, when there was a single lap pacecar incident. At the restart the leading 3 (Pegarao, Smith and Jamieson pulled a bit of a gap as it took Darren a full lap to get through from 5th to 4th. He then gradually closed in on Jamieson and managed to pass and take 3rd place. It was however apparent that the kart was not hanling at all well and the brakes were about to give up the ghost. On the final corner of the final lap Russell Jamieson squeezed pat to demote Darren to 4th and take 3rd in the process.

So they have just called us for race 3, got to go.

Current Championship leader is an impressive Gary Pegararo.

Best Regards

Ian
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