twilliams and johnsbrewhouse thank you both, really appreciate your help! Its a shame about this grinder because it actually does a really good, fast and efficient job. At the end of the day, I just need it to be more hygienic. I think whatever bearing is in there, good quality food safe or cheap standard (as I think it came with off the shelf), once you add hot water and detergents and give it a scrub, it’s going to start to flush the packed grease out pretty quick and rust. I will either look at getting a custom bronze bush, which seems pretty difficult here, or I will splash and import something (LEM/Walton) from the US. Cheers.

twilliams just to confirm, this kind of set up (bearing located just behind the auger in the wet part of the grinder) is not common with grinders sold in the US? Even larger commercial models?

johnsbrewhouse are you saying you think the bearing is possibly not necessary and could just be replaced by a bronze or olite bronze bushing of the same inner and outer diameter/depth? I presume I’d then want to have that pressed in so it provides full support for the auger and allows it spin freely within?

glen the shop gives a 3 month warranty to cover motor related problems only unfortunately. They don’t seem to think the bearing issue is an issue at all

johnsbrewhouse the grinder is only about a month old. I think the seal on the bearing is either gone already or was defective from the get-go. What I can see is a dark looking, thick grease coming out from between the bearing’s inner ring and black seal. I’ve been told that the bearing is pressed in so I’m going to track down a better quality sealed bearing and have someone with a bearing press replace it… Might be back to the hand grinder while getting this sorted.

twilliams sorry, struggling to get these photos up.

twilliams mine didn’t come with that large plastic washer/bush. Just a small one that sits between the auger and the bearing as pictured here

 

johnsbrewhouse the bearing number is 620srs which is clearly available online for replacements. I’m no bearing expert but I would’ve thought that even if it’s a sealed bearing, that seal is never going to be very good and I’ll always have contamination issues from one batch to the next unless I change the bearing each time.

twilliams the grinder is actually an Orimas TBS-200 but it does look just like the taisin grinder pictured. I’ve seen this same model under a few different brand names here, I think all made in the same factory but just sold by different distributors who put there own badge on it.

twilliams pictured here is the side that connects to the electric motor. I would say the bearing was pressed in. I’ve tried to get it out but am worried about putting too much pressure on the inner ring as I don’t want to break it. I wonder if I might be able to just remove the bearing all together and use the grinder without it?.

twilliams thank you

Hi. I’m hoping I can get some help or tips here. I live in Malaysia and make my own sausages here for my family and other expat friends, previously using an LEM hand grinder but recently I upgraded to a 1/2HP electric one, made in Taiwan. Living in Malaysia means I have pretty limited options when it comes to purchasing certain products, most of which I have to import (some of which my bro helps me with as he lives in the US and gets from places like meatgistics, then sends to me… a meat grinder however, was a bit too big and heavy for that). The new grinder I got was recommended to me but surprisingly comes with no user manual (weird) and has a bearing inside the throat which is impossible to keep clean. I’ve attached some photos of the inside of the grinder throat showing the bearing. I’ve only used it about 4 times and have done my best at keeping the bearing clean but when I got it out to use it just now I gave it a smell and it’s not good. The issue is that every time you grind meat, blood/juice gets inside the bearing and you can’t open it to clean it properly, it remains inside. When I started to turn the bearing with my finger just now I could see some greasy stuff coming out of it, stinky and not hygienic. I can’t find anything online about similar grinder set ups in the US so any helpful tips or tricks would be very much appreciated! Cheers!!

   
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