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METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TAPERED ROLLER BEARINGS AND FOR ASSEMBLING DEVICES EMPLOYING SUCH BEARINGS AS JOURNALS

  • US 3,785,023 A
  • Filed: 03/23/1972
  • Issued: 01/15/1974
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/23/1972
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A process for rotatively mounting a first member such as a shaft in a second member such as a housing with a pair of bearings capable of taking radial and thrust loading and having races sized for engagement with the first and second members and provided with opposed raceways along which rolling elements roll;

  • said process comprising positioning corresponding races of the bearing in a substantially predetermined position on one of the members, positioning the opposite race of only one of the bearings in a substantially predetermined position on the opposite member, inserting the first member into the second member and bringing the rolling elements of the said one bearing into engagement with and seating them against the raceways on the races of said one bearing, shifting the second member relative to the first member in the direction opposite to that which seats the bearing rollers so that a clearance is established in said one bearing, advancing the opposite race of the other bearing toward the positioned race of that other bearing, engaging the rolling elements of said other bearing with the raceways of its races so that those rolling elements seat against the raceways of the other bearing, advancing said opposite race of said other bearing still further so as to reduce the clearance in said one bearing, measuring the adjustment in said one bearing remote from the bearing, and terminating the further advance when the adjustment reaches a prescribed magnitude.

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