614-4600: Straight Sleeve Bearing

Description: Straight Sleeve Bearings also known as bushings, journal bearings, or plain bearings facilitate motion between two components. They can serve multiple purposes at the same time: constrain motion, serve as a guide, provide support, and reduce friction. They work with linear, rotating, and oscillating motion. Sleeve Bearings are cylindrical and straight, as opposed to tapered or conical. Sleeve bearings are made of metal, plastic, or fiber-reinforced composite sleeves. Attributes: • Manufactured to precise specifications and are built for durability, reliability, and productivity • Greatly reduce noise at low speeds • Can handle the radial load and thrust loads • Provides shock load resistance due to their greater contact zone Applications: A Straight Sleeve Bearing is used to reduce the friction between the moving parts and is used in different parts like Long and Short Thumb Stick, Swing Frames, and Blades, this is mostly used in Cat 301.5, 301.6, 301.7, 301.8, 301.9, and 302 Excavators.