| 摘要 |
A bearing for the steering wheel shaft of a vehicle comprises a number of needle-like rollers, a retainer retaining the needle-like rollers, a cylindrical race member circumscribing the needle-like rollers, and an elastic cylindrical member fitted over said cylindrical race member. The cylindrical race member has a generally S-shaped split formed over the full axial length thereof and extending more or less obliquely with respect to the axis of the race. Unlike the prior art cylindrical race member having an obliquely extending straight slit, the cylindrical members, even if in a great number, are stored in a single container, they do not catch one another through the slits just like a puzzle ring. Further due to the specific S-shaped configuration of the slit, the cylindrical race member, even when in the assembled state, the opposing side edges of the slit are brought into abutting engagement, a narrow slit is still kept open at and along the intermediate portion of the slit so as to prevent the opposing side edges of the slit from riding on each other to form a superimposed edge portion.
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