OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000002770

Bearing retention sleeve

Published: 2026-09-15T19:15:14.668922Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002770
Categories: Industrial Motion & Power Transmission > Rotary Motion

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ABSTRACT

A bearing retention sleeve 2 for axially constraining a bearing 5 comprises a
radially inner bore for receiving a shaft 4, a bearing abutment face 22, a
circlip groove 21 extending radially outwardly from the bore, the circlip
groove 21 having a bevelled circlip abutment face 23 on a side of the circlip
groove 21 nearest to the bearing abutment face 22, bevelled in a direction
away from a radially inner surface and away from the bearing abutment face 22.
A circlip 3 has a bevelled axial face (or two bevels, 330, 350, fig 4) and
gets thinner with increasing radius. Sleeve 2 may be an interference fit, have
radial apertures (25’, 26’, figs 6,7) for a tool (TR, figs 6,7) to compress
the circlip 3.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000002770
Published 2026-09-15T19:15:14.668922Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000002770