A Kingsbury, or pivot shoe type thrust bearing, can bear much greater loads per square inch of working surface than can parallel surface bearings beca...

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A Kingsbury, or pivot shoe type thrust bearing, can bear much greater loads per square inch of working surface than can parallel surface bearings because provisions are made in the Kingsbury bearing __________.

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for the shoes to tilt slightly, thereby allowing the formation of a wedge shaped oil film under a thrust load

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A Kingsbury, or pivot shoe type thrust bearing, can bear much greater loads per square inch of working surface than can parallel surface bearings because provisions are made in the Kingsbury bearing __________.

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