Diameter tolerances for bearing seats on steel shafts

Bearing type Shaft diameter Tolerance class1) Deviations
Bearings to tolerance class
over incl. P4, P4A, P4C, SP P2, PA9A, UP high low
mm µm
Angular contact ball bearings
with rotating outer ring load 400 h4 h3
with rotating inner ring load 30 +1 –3
30 80 +2 –3
80 120 +3 –3
120 180 +4 –4
180 250 +5 –5
250 315 +6 –6
315 400 +6,5 –6,5
Cylindrical roller bearings
with a cylindrical bore 40 js4
40 280 k4
280 500 k42)
500 Contact the SKF application engineering service.
Double direction angular contact
thrust ball bearings
200 h4 h3

For hollow shafts, when A > 1 000 000 mm/min, contact the SKF application engineering service.

  1. 1) All ISO tolerance classes are valid with the envelope requirement (such as h4) in accordance with ISO 14405-1:2010.
  2. 2) General guideline only. SKF recommends contacting the SKF application engineering service.

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