Cover assembly for bearing

A method of assembling a bearing cover assembly to a bearing housing comprising:

• inserting an adapter sleeve extending from a first portion of an annular adapter into a housing bore of the bearing housing, the adapter sleeve including a tapered inner annular surface defining an adapter hole;
• inserting a tapered insert of an end cap into the adapter hole so that the tapered inner annular surface slidingly engages a tapered outer surface of a circumferential wall of the end cap;
• and
• radially expanding the adapter sleeve within the housing bore.

A bearing housing for supporting a rotating shaft comprising:

• a bearing housing including a rolling element bearing installed in a housing bore, the housing bore defining an axis line;
• a bearing cover assembly assembled to the bearing housing, the bearing cover assembly including:
• an annular adapter having a tapered inner surface defining an adapter hole, the annular adapter axially inserted into and radially constrained by the housing bore;
• and
• an end cap having a tapered insert with a tapered outer surface, the end cap axially inserted into the adapter hole with the tapered outer surface adjacent the tapered inner annular surface such that the end cap is radially constrained by the annular adapter.