EXHIBIT 99

                                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                                 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                                 AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                      SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Baldor Electric Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 29, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, John A. McFarland, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

        (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
            Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

        (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
            the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


                                   /s/John A. McFarland
                                   Chief Executive Officer of Baldor Electric Company
August 13, 2002




                               CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                                18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                                AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                     SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Baldor Electric Company (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 29, 2002 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ronald E. Tucker, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

       (1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the
           Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

       (2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects,
           the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.


                                     /s/Ronald E.Tucker
                                     Chief Executive Officer of Baldor Electric Company
August 13, 2002