Originally posted by Ray:
Man, that sounds EERILY familiar.

You can EITHER, drop the bottom (pan, etc) and start looking for scoring on the bearings, or start parting it out.





Welcome to the wonderful world of the #6 spun bearing and/or wristpin. Your head is good now, don't crank it again. 3L ftw. That video is a textbook example of how that sounds.

http://img283.imageshack.us/my.php?image=spunbearings4si.jpg

Whirling dervish of FFOG.