I am making a LT and have everything ready to go beside the lower bearing housing. I have two ideas of doing it.

1. I bought a pipe fitting thats 1 by 1 1/2 reducing, I would than weld the 1" side to the shaft housing and insert bearing in 1 1/2" side put a couple seals in and than a cap with a 3/4" hole.

2. Just find a pipe with a ID of 1 3/4" so the bearing snug, weld it onto the shaft housing, the other end machine threads in and have a couple seals and a cap with a 3/4" hole.

What do you all think would be better?

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Bronze bushings and seals. You would be amazed the variety of sizes they make.

x2, beside much easier to assemble.

you need a bearing housing at the top, seal housing at the bottom. nothing big for your seal housing just something to keep em in place.

bronze bushing and locking collars tractor supply sell them

I found a bearing housings that would fit a tapered roller bearing that I have a shaft collar and than two seals than my cap