Mechanical stress is behind any of the failures we encounter when inspecting a final drive motor. Sheared fasteners, bent gear teeth, dented roller bearings, and broken races are examples of where stresses have gotten high enough to do permanent damage. To help you learn more about the mechanisms behind this and other types of failure, we'd like to introduce you to a new blog series entitled Dr. Mac's Notebook.
Here are some other Shop Talk Blog posts you might find of interest:
Simple Forces
There are three basic types of forces:
- Compressive, which pushes things together
- Tensile, which pulls things apart
- Shear, which causes things to slide apart
