Bearings are highly engineered, precision-made hardware components that enable machinery to move or rotate at extremely high speeds and carry remarkable loads. The load acted upon a bearing is either a radial or thrust load. Depending on the location of the bearing in the mechanism, it can support all of a radial or thrust load, or a combination of both. For example, the bearing in the wheel of your car supports a radial and a thrust load. The weight of the car on the bearing produces a radial l