Byrd Head and Bearing Replacement

[Chris Fairbanks]

I just bought new Bryd heads for my Delta DJ-20 Jointer and my Grizzly G0453 Planner. I just received the head for the jointer and it did not come with bearings. I suspect the one for the planer (which will be here Monday) will be the same way. Does anyone know the size of the bearings for these two machines and a good online resource for purchasing replacements? It looks like the ones for the DJ-20 from Delta are $25 a piece. I figured I could be higher quality ones directly from a bearing shop for a lot cheaper and would rather do that. Thanks

[Brian Gumpper]

Jointer should be 6004ZZ and 6005ZZ and the planer 6204ZZ and 6205ZZ. That is according to the bearing info printed on the Byrd drawings I have.

[Brian Gumpper]

Forgot to mention, I believe Byrd ships ABEC 3 rated bearings with the heads. So, shoot for at least that rating.

[Bob Cooper]

I did this for my 20" planer. I just took the old head w/bearing still attached down to the local bearing supplier

[Chris Fairbanks]

Brian, Thanks for the info and thanks for the great deal on the heads. Always enjoy the customer service at Holbren. Thanks