Needle roller thrust bearings provide a high degree of stiffness within a minimum axial space. In applications where the faces of adjacent machine components can serve as raceways, needle roller thrust bearings take up no more space than a conventional thrust washer.Axial needle roller bearings. Axial needle roller bearings are construction units consisting of axial needle roller and cage assembles and thrust bearing washers with centering spigots. They can be combined with drawn cup needle roller bearings with open ends, drawn cup needle roller bearings with closed ends and needle roller bearings.

Needle roller and cage assemblies are offered in single or double row, solid or split cage, metric and inch sizes; as well as in connecting rod bearings for special applications. Single and double row bearings are available with or without ribs, and with or without inner rings. Thrust bearings are offered in single row roller and cage assemblies.