Did You Know?

The Bearing Manual provides interchange information on

more than 100 manufacturers of bearings and power transmission

equipment parts.

The Bearing Manual offers product drawings to help the user

measure and determine the accurate product replacement part.

Engineers benefit from the detailed dimensional information contained

in the Bearing Manual when designing new equipment.

Machinists use the Bearing Manual to determine machining

tolerances for manufacturing new or replacement parts.

Maintenance personnel benefit from the Special Bearings section in the

Bearing Manual that offers OEM part numbers with dimensional

and interchange information.

Engineers, maintenance personnel, machinists and purchasing agents

all use the extensive Symbols section that contains the definitions of

bearing symbols—both prefix and suffix are used by various bearing

manufacturers to identify the many types of bearings and their

counterparts.

The Educational Series section in Volume 3 provides in-depth

"How to" information including:

• How to prevent bearing failure
• How to maintain bearings
• How to lubricate
• How to install and remove spherical roller bearings
• How to install self-locking collars
• How to install set screw locking collars
• How to install SKEWZLOC locking collars
• How to select and use bearing pullers
• ...and more

The Educational Series section may be reproduced for educational

 purposes.  It may be used for training on ball bearings, straight

 roller bearings and tapered roller bearings.