[ihavenofish]

I would bet that if you took the radial load rating of a ball bearing, an angular contact bearing with the same size balls would support roughly that same load, but applied at the bearings angle. A little simple trigonometry will let you resolve that into radial and axial component forces. This would at least give you a very closer approximation.

Regards,
Ray L.

well, it isnt that simple i dont hink. cause a radial load is only loading 1/2 the balls at any given time with varying force. axial is loading all balls with the same force. it may be that an angular contact bearing can take more force axially than radially. if you look at a comparably sized thrust bearing, they take many times more force than the radial bearings.

i think we'll leave this one to "let hoss test it"

if it works with no issues for him, i think it would be fine. hes got a radial bearing in the x2 with a similar drawbar and that seems fine.