1. Bearings By Graham Templin Objective: To provide information on the different types of bearings and their applications. Differentials

2. Bearing Types Sliding Bearings -used when there is a large bearing surface and at low speeds -often made from nylon, copper, bronze and steel -used in crankshaft journals, and in differential with the spider and side gears -sliding bearings can take axial and radial loads Rolling Bearings -used in high load and high speed applications -used with small bearing surfaces -many different types of rolling bearings

3. Rolling Bearings Roller Bearings -short rollers that roll in a inner and outer race, sometimes with a cage -designed to take radial loading only Torrington Bearings -look like thrust washers with roller bearings -small and only designed to take lateral or axial loads -always used with a cage Tapered Needle Bearings -designed to withstand both radial and axial loading -the rollers turn on an angle -often used in final drive, applications where you can load the bearings Ball Bearings -designed for very heavy radial and light axial loads -races are grooved for the balls to travel -often assembled with cage, inner-outer races

4. Differential Bearings Tapered needle bearings Automotive Technology: A Systems Approach / Jack Erjavec. - 3 rd ed.