Acquisitions and Divestitures (Narrative) (Details)						3 Months Ended								9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Feb. 07, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 19, 2013 USD ($)	Feb. 08, 2013 USD ($) horsepower	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Jul. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Apr. 04, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 28, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 29, 2014 USD ($)	Oct. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 02, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 03, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Sep. 03, 2013 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Acquisition-related expenses															$ 9,100,000	$ 5,800,000	$ 3,900,000
Net Sales						$ 773,500,000	$ 882,300,000	$ 942,200,000	$ 911,700,000	$ 775,600,000	$ 829,800,000	$ 850,400,000	$ 801,200,000		3,509,700,000	3,257,100,000	3,095,700,000
Income (loss) from operations						(14,100,000)	100,100,000	103,200,000	63,600,000	(110,600,000)	74,700,000	87,700,000	69,700,000		252,800,000	121,500,000	208,000,000
Equity interest in acquiree																		60.00%
Equity interest in acquiree including subsequent acquisition																		80.00%
Commercial and Industrial Systems
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net Sales						370,700,000	426,800,000	441,000,000	456,400,000	451,200,000	472,300,000	479,000,000	453,500,000		1,694,900,000	1,856,100,000	$ 1,746,600,000
Income (loss) from operations						$ (59,700,000)	$ 38,800,000	$ 41,500,000	$ 33,300,000	$ (84,200,000)	$ 33,600,000	$ 47,000,000	$ 37,200,000
Jinling [Member] | Commercial and Industrial Systems | Operating Expense [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Loss from divestiture of business																$ 1,900,000
Unsecured Debt [Member] | Credit Agreement Effective January 2015 [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Debt term	5 years
Principal amount	$ 1,250,000,000.00
Power Transmission Solutions
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred	$ 1,408,900,000
Goodwill, expected tax deductible percent	65.00%
Net assets acquired	$ 1,408,900,000
Net Sales															512,900,000
Income (loss) from operations															14,500,000
Purchase accounting adjustments and transaction costs														$ 29,800,000
Power Transmission Solutions | Level 3
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired	$ 1,408,900,000
Benshaw, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired		$ 51,000,000
Consideration transferred, cash		$ 51,000,000
Hy-Bon Engineering Company, Inc. [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Net assets acquired			$ 78,000,000
Consideration transferred, cash			$ 78,000,000
Cemp [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred				$ 34,600,000
Net assets acquired				$ 34,600,000
RAM Motor Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred					$ 6,000,000
RAM Motor Business [Member] | Minimum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Range of horsepower | horsepower					250
RAM Motor Business [Member] | Maximum [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Range of horsepower | horsepower					2,500
South African Distribution Business [Member]
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Consideration transferred, cash															$ 1,700,000
Noncontrolling interest in entity																		$ 0.200