I'm working to restore an old bandsaw and want to replace all the bearings. They're crunchy with debris and one of the wheel bearings has seized up.
The blade guide bearings are double shielded (ZZ) and the wheel bearings are shielded on 1 side (Z). I haven't disassembled the electric motor, so I'm not sure what those look like yet.
Can I replace all of these with sealed bearings (2RS)?
That should help them last longer with all the dust they'll see, but I keep seeing folks say they don't spin as easily as the shielded varieties. Will that be a problem?