Bearings are usually taken for granted-until the bearing comes out in more pieces than when it went in. We'll explore the selection, installation and maintenance of various bearings which will allow ...

Typical steel-backed lead babbit cam bearings do an excellent job in everyday use but have a number of shortcomings in severe-duty applications. First, in many engine designs, oil is routed from the ...

Learn a useful technique for installing bearing balls smoothly, helping improve accuracy and making mechanical assembly ...

Properly adjusted wheel bearings minimize irregular tire wear, reduce the potential for wheel separation, and may help improve fuel economy. Somewhere between the thickness of a human hair and a sheet ...

Bicycles rely on smooth-turning, low-friction bearings to allow them to roll forward with as little human effort as possible. We can’t create frictionless bearings – even Shimano hasn’t cracked ...

Does it make a difference if a bearing, its shaft and its housing are all aligned during installation? Definitely. Here’s how bearing manufacturers recommend aligning all the components. When ...

Learn to understand common tapered-roller bearing configurations for spindles, and the guidelines for designing a high-speed machine tool spindle with precision-class TRBs. Timken roller bearings.