I'm not sure I follow you. I know you're being sarcastic, but it's difficult to read without proper punctuation. Are you saying that Rick E. started this debate? He didn't, he just made his thoughts known on the subject. I'm not his lawyer, but I think he's allowed to do that. I don't think that the debate is over whether a tapered bearing is better than a ball bearing for this application - because I think that's settled ... it is. The debate is really over whether the ball type is adequate or not. I had not posted in months as you can see, and nobody ever answered my last question as to whether or not replacing the older type of Green bearing I have now with the latter type is worth my effort.