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spumco wrote:

Wouldn't misalignment between motor and driven component tend to break outboard of the bearing?  That's assuming the bearing didn't come with lots of negative preload from the factory, of course.

This is one of those cases where, given the final result, I can think of a plausible explanation. But that would be true in either case...
The moment is greater further from the shaft end, and a ball bearing isn't particulary stiff against torsion. Also the step that the bearing butts against, if machined poorly, might be a stress raiser. 

andypugh wrote:

I think we would need a better macro photo to tel if that was a fatigue failure or not, but it leads me to be rather suspicious of the motor-to-shaft alignment and mounting. Is there any type of flex-coupling there?

I couldn't make out any beach marks on the surface. A macro would be interesting, as would pulling the bearing shield/seal and checking for signs of heat or abnormal conditions.

Wouldn't misalignment between motor and driven component tend to break outboard of the bearing?  That's assuming the bearing didn't come with lots of negative preload from the factory, of course.

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