Patent ID: 9494197
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: F16C,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a rolling bearing assembly having a rotatable element, a fixed element, and at least one bearing mounted between the rotatable element and the fixed element, and at least one used sealing element secured against rotation relative to and in direct contact with a mounting surface of one of the rotatable element and the fixed element and having at least one sealing lip on a first surface of the element with respect to which the used sealing element rotates, a point on the mounting surface being axially spaced in a direction from an axial midpoint of the first surface by a distance, and mounting at least one replacement sealing element so that at least one sealing lip of the replacement sealing element lays on a second surface of the element with respect to which the used sealing element and the replacement sealing element rotate, said second surface being located at a determined distance of the first surface, the point on the mounting surface being axially spaced from the axial midpoint of the first surface in the direction by the distance after mounting the at least one replacement sealing element.