Patent ID: 8006573

Claim:
An apparatus for use in providing a load on a bearing mounted to a shaft, the apparatus comprising: a setting gage configured to be received on a shaft and configured to engage a nut on the shaft; said gage comprising an inner portion and an outer portion rotatable relative to each other, said inner portion comprising an outer perimeter contacting an inner perimeter of said outer portion; said inner portion having an inner opening having an inner circumference mirroring a shape of the shaft and shaped to inhibit movement between said inner portion and the shaft when the shaft is received in said inner opening; said outer portion having an outer circumference comprising at least one radially projecting member configured to engage the nut to inhibit movement between said outer portion and the nut when said gage engages the nut; and said inner portion comprising a start position indicator on said outer perimeter and a stop position indicator on said outer perimeter, said start position indicator comprising a start position for a marker of said outer portion, said stop position comprising a stop position for said marker when said outer portion is rotated from said start position toward said stop position such that said marker is aligned with said stop position to achieve a desired amount of endplay of a bearing mounted to the shaft.