Crown Load Wheel Thrust Bearing 65043 – BR-486

Carrying the axial load at a load wheel while letting the wheel turn under that load, this Crown load wheel thrust bearing is built to take force along the axis of rotation rather than radially across a shaft. Crown catalogs it under number 65043 for the load wheel position on its lift trucks, where the wheel presses against the bearing along its axis throughout every loaded pass.

It measures 2.938 inches in outer diameter, 2.01 inches in inner diameter, and 0.625 inches wide, the footprint that seats it in the load wheel it was cataloged for. A thrust bearing wears at its races and rolling elements under that constant axial pressure, and a worn one runs rough, develops play, and grows noisy, which drags on the wheel and can begin to damage the surrounding parts if left in service.

Replacing the thrust bearing restores smooth wheel rotation under load and removes the drag and noise a worn bearing introduces. Match the outer diameter, inner diameter, and width to the bearing coming off, since a thrust bearing has to seat squarely on its races to carry axial load without cocking.