Summary Information (click on this NSN number for detailed information: 3120-00-003-7443)
Definition:
Bearing, also referenced with federal logistics item name code 13208:
A detachable assembly in or on which a journal, gudgeon, pivot, or the like moves. it is used to carry a load and to reduce sliding friction. it does not employ rolling elements. the item consists of a bored precision ground ball (or spherical plain bearing) around which an outer ring is fitted. the assembly may be either separable or nonseparable. excludes bearing, plain, rod end and bearing, plain, spherical.
