Patent ID: 6257078
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: F16C,G01B,G01M

Abstract:
A system for adjusting end play of a bearing interposed between relatively rotatable members one of which includes a threaded section and traversing keyway and the other of which has an abutment for securing the bearing, the system comprising:a) a backing washer configured to abut said bearing and having a key projecting into said keyway, andb) a calibrated nut having threads configured to receive said threaded section and arranged to abut the side of the backing washer opposite said bearing,c) one of said backing washer and calibrated nut having circumferentially spaced calibration openings and the other of said backing washer and calibrated nut having circumferential openings spaced apart to distances different from the spacings between said calibration openings, whereby to provide vernier adjustment of said calibration nut.