Thrush Bearing Follow-up

There was a question about what a thrush bearing is. The best I can tell you is that a thrush bearing is made to take the force from the sides. The bearings that I'm replacing are on a merry-go-round and look like normal ball bearings but, because the shaft is verticle the (thrush)bearings need to support the weight from the sides.

I was wondering when you posted if maybe it wasn't metric. What you describe sounds like either a ball thrust bearing (i.e. taking load along the axle) or an angular contact ball bearing (able to handle thrust and radial loads). These are almost all only available in metric sizes in the size range you mentioned. However, a tapered roller bearing will also handle axial loads (usually more than a ball thrust or angular contact ball bearing) and they are available in both inch and metric sizes. I'm not sure I know what you mean by taking loads from the sides, as it seems you need to take the loads from the end of the shaft. A regular ball bearing takes the load from the sides. I'm glad you were able to get the bearing you needed.