Patent ID: 7497014

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a sliding bearing for at least one of axial and radial arrangement of a first bearing member in relation to a second bearing member, comprising the following steps: a. providing a second bearing member with a bearing recess that comprises a second slide face, and a first bearing member which is insertable in the nearing recess, having a first slide face that is allocated to the second slide face; b. applying a curable equalizing compound, which is free-flowing when worked, to a second of a slide face and to a sliding band; c. placing the sliding band on the equalizing compound; d. inserting the first bearing member into the bearing recess of the second bearing member so that the at least one sliding band rests uniformly and planely on the opposite slide face and the excess equalizing compound is squeezed into equalizing areas that are provided therefore; e. curing the equalizing compound; f. wherein the at least one sliding band applied to the equalizing compound comprises a detachable film on its outside; and wherein after curing of the equalizing compound, the first bearing member is withdrawn from the bearing recess and the film is removed, whereby a pre-determined guide clearance S F is produced between the outside of the at least one sliding band and the opposite slide face and/or the excessive equalizing compound is prevented from adhering to the slide face.