Automotive Bearings

Automotive bearings are usually employed between parts that have to be in continuous rhythmic and coordinating motion such as internal components of various automobile engine parts , pistons, wheels and axles. Automotive bearings perform two very important tasks, the first wherein the wheels are allowed to rotate with minimum strain, and second, to handle the large weight of the vehicle while maintaining its momentum without any glitch. To perform these functions, the bearings are maintained through proper conditioning so as to prevent the lubricant from oozing out. This keeps contaminants away, so that performance of the vehicle does not take a hit.

Key Features:

• As cited earlier, in piston engines of vehicles, the main bearings are the ones on which the crank shaft rotates and is usually plain.
• Holding the crankshaft in place, they turn the transmitted force from the piston into rotational force.
• Cylindrical engines of this variety usually have two main bearings but the small ones can make do with single bearings only.
• The combination of bearing number and crankshaft design affects the engine balance and also alters the rotational inertia.