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.
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