What is Thrust ball bearings ?

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   habeeposted 13 years ago

   Sounds kinda painful to me.

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   Pearldiverposted 13 years ago

   He's talking about thrusting his bearings on us... Not his balls!

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   habeeposted 13 years ago

   LOL!!

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   Kathryn LJposted 13 years ago

   It's more what are they.  They are ball bearings supported in a ring, permiting similtanious rotation between parts of engineered constructions and are commonly used in automotive, marine and arospace applications.  Yeah, I don't know what they are either.

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   earnestshubposted 13 years ago

   Tapered needle rollers are used where thrust is present.
   
   Never heard of using ball bearings for these sort of applications. Examples of thrust races are wheel bearings.

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   ediggityposted 13 years ago

   A thrust ball bearing is usually contained in a circular ring and handles an axial load (kind of pushing straight forward), and a roller bearing generally takes the radial load (kind of coming from the sides), which basically equates which way the Force is excerpted.

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   mega1posted 13 years ago

   ooops!  wrong thread.  pardon me.   didn't mean to interrupt. (puts up SCIENTISTS AT WORK sign) 

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      ediggityposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Does it look like this?
      
      
      

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   th1981posted 13 years ago

   A thrust bearing is a type of rotary bearing. They allow rotation between 2 parts.  They absorb the the axial force which is caused by the unbalance between turbine wheel and compressor wheel.  Low quality or OEM turbos typically have 270 degree thrust bearings, high performance turbos have 360 degree thrust bearing.  When you go to have a turbo rebuilt it is with the extra money to get a 360 thrust bearing put back in.

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