Elastomeric bearing system

A method of mounting an elastomeric bearing system, comprising:

• providing an elastomeric bearing system having a first and a second elastomeric bearing element fixed at the opposite ends of a tie bar, wherein said first elastomeric bearing element comprises a rigid external housing having an internal truncated-tapered surface, a rigid internal housing having an external truncated-tapered surface, and a resilient body between said internal and external truncated-tapered surfaces and said second elastomeric bearing element is constituted by a chevron sub-assembly, comprising two opposed tapered elastomeric bearing elements, each having an individual internal housing and an individual resilient body, and having an external housing with a double-taper internal surface, the internal housings being connected one another by fastening elements;
• and
• mounting the elastomeric bearing system at a location wherein a radial force (Fc), oriented in a direction perpendicular to the axis of the tie bar, and a torque (M), perpendicular to both said axis of the tie bar and to said radial force, act on said tie bar during operation, whereby said tie bar transmit a different radial load to said first and second elastomeric bearing elements, and wherein the radial load sustained by said first elastomeric bearing element is greater than that sustained by said second elastomeric bearing element.