The 8 mm bore of the HK Series Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings is the HK0810: 8 mm bore, 12 mm outside diameter, 10 mm wide. This page gives the dimensional row from the table, the shaft and housing fits that suit it, the internal clearance to expect and the mounting, lubrication and failure notes that go with the type.
8 mm Bore Dimensional Row (ISO 3245 / DIN 618-1 / GB/T 290)
| Designation | Bore Fw (mm) | Outer diameter D (mm) | Width C (mm) |
|---|---|---|---|
| HK0810 | 8 | 12 | 10 |
| HK0812 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
More than one designation in this series shares the 8 mm bore — they differ in outside diameter, width or sealing, not in the shaft they fit.
What a HK Series Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings Does
Needle rollers have a length several times their diameter, so a large number of them fit into a very small radial section. This is the type to reach for when the shaft diameter is fixed, the radial load is high and there is almost no room between the shaft and the housing bore.
Radial load. Axial load has to be carried by another element in the assembly.
Speed at 8 mm Bore
No limiting speed is tabulated for this product. Where speed matters, the figure to work to is the one the bearing supplier states for the exact design, cage and lubricant supplied — not a family value.
Shaft & Housing Fit for a 8 mm Seat
With the inner ring rotating under a load whose direction is fixed, the inner ring sees a circumferential load and must be an interference fit, or it will creep on the shaft and fret it. The outer ring sees a point load and takes a transition or clearance fit so that it can shift slowly and spread the wear — and so that one of the two bearings on the shaft is free to take up axial expansion.
| Shaft, light load (P ≤ 0.06 C) | h5 |
|---|---|
| Shaft, normal load (P = 0.06–0.12 C) | j5 |
| Housing — Axial displacement of the outer ring required | H7 |
| Housing — Normal load, outer ring may still shift | J7 |
| Housing — Normal to heavy load, quiet running, outer ring not displaceable | K7 |
ISO 286-2 tolerance grades, applied per the conventional bearing seat recommendations of ISO 1132-2 and DIN 5425-1, for a SOLID STEEL shaft in a cast iron or steel housing. A hollow shaft, a thin-walled housing or a light alloy housing needs a tighter fit than these, because the seat itself deflects.
Mounting a 8 mm Bore HK Series Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings
The ring that carries the rotating load takes an interference fit; the ring under a stationary point load takes a transition or clearance fit so that it can creep slowly and spread the wear, and so that one ring is free to take up axial expansion. With a rotating shaft under a fixed load direction, that means an interference fit on the shaft and a looser fit in the housing. Press only against the ring being fitted — force driven through the rolling elements leaves brinell marks in the raceway before the bearing has run a revolution.
At a 8 mm bore the interference is small enough that a cold press or a light hydraulic press is normally enough; heating the bearing in an induction heater or an oil bath to 80–100 °C above the shaft is the alternative, and never above 120 °C for a standard-stabilized bearing. Keep the heated bearing pressed against the shoulder while it cools, because it shrinks axially as well as radially.
This bearing is separable, which makes mounting easier and mis-mounting easier too: fit each ring to its own seat separately, and do not let the two halves be swapped between bearings once they have run — the raceways wear as a matched pair.
Where a 8 mm Bore HK Series Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings Is Used
At a 8 mm bore, hk series drawn cup needle roller bearings are typically found in small motors and fans, instruments, dental and hand tools, printers, encoders and model machinery — sizes at which the bearing is usually chosen for smooth, quiet running and low starting torque rather than for its rating.
Failure Modes and What They Look Like
- Subsurface fatigue (spalling) — a flake of raceway lifts out and the bearing gets noisy and rough. This is the failure the L10 life calculation predicts — if it arrives near the calculated life the bearing did its job, and if it arrives early the load, the fit or the lubrication was not what the calculation assumed.
- Inadequate lubrication — a polished, then discoloured, then torn raceway, running hot with a darkened grease. It is the most common cause of early failure by a wide margin, and the interval, not the grease, is usually what was wrong.
- Contamination — dents in the raceway with raised edges, then premature spalling from those dents. Wear particles, casting sand and washdown water all do it; sealing and filtration are what prevent it.
- False brinelling and fretting — evenly spaced dull marks at ball or roller pitch, produced by vibration while the shaft is stationary — a machine that travels on a truck, or a standby pump beside a running one. It is not caused by overload and cannot be cured by fitting a bigger bearing.
- Edge loading at the roller ends — wear or spalling concentrated in a band at one end of the roller path. It means misalignment or deflection: line contact has no tolerance for angular error, which is what the crowned profile can only partly correct.
Where NOT to Use a HK Series Drawn Cup Needle Roller Bearings
- Do not run a drawn cup needle bearing directly on a soft shaft. Without an inner ring the shaft is the raceway, and it needs the same hardness and surface finish a bearing ring would have.
- Do not press a drawn cup on its face or its edge. The thin pressed outer ring distorts and the rollers bind; it is fitted with a mandrel that supports the whole ring end.
- Do not ask a needle bearing for axial location. It carries pure radial load and nothing else.
Stepping Up or Down from 8 mm
Within the same series, the next bore up in this series is 10 mm and the next bore down is 6 mm. Changing bore changes the shaft, so it is the last thing to change: when the calculated life at 8 mm is short, the first move is to a heavier diameter series at the SAME bore — the 6300 envelope instead of the 6200, for instance — which raises the rating without touching the shaft. The second is to change type: a roller bearing carries far more radial load than a ball bearing of the same envelope.
