Bearing Thinner rollers allow these bearings to fit in tighter spaces than tapered-roller thrust bearings. Because of the large contact area between the rollers and washers (not included), these bearings are great for medium to heavy duty, low-friction jobs. For use on hardened and ground surfaces.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.

Thrust washers are used with needle roller and cage assemblies as fatigue liners for soft housing faces. They can help prevent movement along the axis of a shaft bearing an axial load. They can also be combined with needle roller and cage assemblies to form complete needle roller thrust bearings.