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Effect of Interference Fit
Effect of Interference Fit
early failure will occur. These fits will stretch the bearing inner ring or compress the outer ring, reducing
the bearing's internal space. Excessive interference fits can also cause high stress which may fracture rings.
It should be noted that an interference fit can reduce radial play by up to 80% of the size of the interference
fit. Let's use a shaft with a 10mm diameter and a bearing with a 10mm bore as an example. Imagine the
shaft diameter is actually 10.007mm and the actual bearing bore is 9.993mm. This gives an interference fit
of 0.014mm (i.e. the shaft is 0.014mm or 14 microns larger than the bearing bore). The radial play of the
bearing may be reduced by as much as 80 percent of this figure or approx 0.011mm. If the bearing radial
play (before fitting) is less than 0.011mm, the bearing may become tight and fail quickly.