Outside diameter tolerances for inch-size seals

Bore diameter1) Seals with outside diameter of
steel elastomer
D Tolerance Nominal seal Seal outside Nominal seal Seal outside
over incl. outside diameter diameter tolerance outside diameter diameter tolerance
in. in. in.
2.000 ±0.001 +0.005 ±0.002 +0.008 ±0.003
2.000 3.000 ±0.001 +0.0055 ±0.0025 +0.01 ±0.003
3.000 4.000 ±0.0015 +0.0065 ±0.003 +0.0105 ±0.003
4.000 5.000 ±0.0015 +0.0065 ±0.003 +0.0105 ±0.003
5.000 7.000 ±0.0015 +0.007 ±0.003 +0.012 ±0.004
7.000 9.000 ±0.002 +0.0085 ±0.0035 +0.0125 ±0.004
9.000 10.000 ±0.002 +0.0085 ±0.0035 +0.0125 ±0.004

Contact SKF for sizes outside the listed range.
  1. 1) Housing bores made of material other than steel may need a different nominal press-fit tolerance due to differences in thermal coefficients of expansion.

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