Patent ID: 7040813

Claim:
A rolling bearing apparatus for swing arm comprising: an L-shaped annular member comprising an upright portion and a transverse portion joined at an end of the upright portion, the L-shaped annular member mounted to the base at a base side of the transverse portion, the transverse portion having a first reference surface on the base side and a top surface on the opposite side thereof, and a pair of pre-loaded bearings fixed to the upright portion and having an inner race, respectively, such that one of the pair of pre-loaded bearings is located on the side of the transverse portion, and that the inner race of the pre-loaded bearing on the side of the transverse portion has a surface on the side of the transverse portion, wherein a clearance is set and secured between the surface on the transverse portion side of the inner race of the pre-loaded bearing on the flange-transverse portion side and the top surface of the flange, said clearance being set to control an assembly height between the first reference surface and a second reference surface of the apparatus.