Bearing setting procedure and apparatus
AssigneeTemper Corporation
InventorJohn E. Rode
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Abstract
A bearing setting procedure for a pair of bearings mounted on a spindle or an axle. Mounted on the spindle or axle are two bearings, each having an inner bearing race. Interposed between the inner bearing races is an adjustable spacer. A mechanism is employed for adjusting the bearings and collapsing the spacer such that a desired bearing tension is provided. In particular, the mechanism includes a piston extension which engages one of the inner bearing races when hydraulic pressure is applied to the piston extension. By applying the pressure, one of the inner bearing races moves closer to the other causing the adjustable spacer to collapse such that a desired bearing tension is provided.
Claims10
A method for adjusting a pair of bearings mounted on an axle or spindle, a first of said pair of bearings having a first inner bearing race and a second of said pair of bearings having a second inner bearing race, interposed between said first and second inner bearing races is a compressible spacer, said method comprising the steps of:
- applying pressure to a slidable piston extension of said axle or spindle;
- and
- engaging said first inner race with said pressurized slidable piston extension causing movement of the first bearing which collapses said compressible spacer in order to provide a desired bearing tension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.