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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1999
Robert Stephen Stidd, Mooresville, NC (US);
Other;
Abstract
A wheel bearing assembly for a wheel assembly of a motor vehicle, wherein the wheel bearing assembly includes a wheel hub having inner and outer bearing race shoulders for receiving respective inner and outer roller bearing races and roller bearing housings with roller bearings therein, the wheel bearing assembly adapted for being mounted on a wheel axle. The wheel bearing assembly comprises an annular spacer body having a central opening for permitting the spacer body to be positioned onto the axle between one of the inner or outer roller bearing housings for exerting an axial compression thereon, a spacer cap having a central opening for permitting the spacer cap to be positioned onto the axle between the inner and outer roller bearing housings and in engaging coaxial alignment with the spacer body for engaging the other of the inner or roller bearing housings, and an annular shim having a central opening for permitting the shim to be positioned onto the axle between the spacer body and the spacer cap. The shim has an axially-extending dimension predetermined to produce with the spacer body and the spacer cap a combined axially-extending dimension suitable to create and maintain a predetermined amount of axial compression on the inner and outer roller bearing housings against the respective inner and outer bearing races sufficient to prevent rotation of the bearing races relative to the roller bearing housings.