Originally Posted by
WildRalph
Thanks, Classtime! "Parts Bowl!?!?" That kind of talk will get you in trouble with the ball bearing police! Lol. Seriously tho, pretty confident in the math, and the numbers are in keeping with what i have seen on the web for a similar freewheel. No idea where those little buggers go. Like socks teleporting to another dimension in the dryer.
Those lone socks go missing when wrinkled clothes get whipped into shape before/after being in the drier. They fly out of shirts or shorts and land on top of cabinets, behind the drier, etc.
Dry socks are a potential fire hazard if they land on an incandescent light fixture.
Also dogs sometimes will carry a sock off, especially a dirty one, they like them for company it seems.
As for the bearing count, freewheels don't even need a full compliment of bearings, so one or three missing is of no consequence and I always leave space for at least two.