Patent ID: 8365414

Claim:
A method of assembling a bearing assembly including an inner race having a first inner race half and a second inner race half, and outer race having a first outer race half and a second outer race half, a plurality of rollers and an annular cage defining a plurality of openings, said method comprising the steps of: positioning one of the plurality of rollers within each of the plurality of openings of the annular cage to define a cage assembly; positioning the first inner race half adjacent to and concentric with the cage assembly about a longitudinal axis; positioning the second inner race half adjacent to and concentric with the cage assembly and across from the first inner race half; positioning the first outer race half adjacent to and concentric with the cage assembly and radially offset from the first inner race half opposite the cage assembly; positioning the second outer race half adjacent to and concentric with the cage assembly and radially offset form the second inner race half opposite the cage assembly; and coupling the first inner race half and the second inner race half together.