Bearing tolerances are the permissible deviations in dimensions and ring runout, and the ISO tolerance class – from Normal (P0) to the highest, P2 – sets how tight these limits are. Depending on the type, NTE offers bearings in classes from Normal to P2 and gives their JIS, DIN and ABMA equivalents along with the deviation limits for bore diameter and ring width.

Bearings without a class suffix are made to Normal class (P0). To order a higher class, add its suffix, e.g. 6205 P6.

Bearing tolerance classes

Types of BearingsTolerance Classes
Deep Groove Ball BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4Class 2
Angular Contact Ball BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4Class 2
Self-aligning Ball BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5––
Cylindrical Roller BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4Class 2
Solid Type Needle Roller BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4–
Spherical Roller BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5––
Thrust Ball BearingsNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4–
Spherical Thrust Roller BearingsNormal––––
Metric-design Tapered Roller BearingsNormal
Class 6X
–Class 5Class 4–
Inch-design Tapered Roller BearingsABMA CLASS 4ABMA CLASS 2ABMA CLASS 3ABMA CLASS 0ABMA CLASS 00

Class equivalents

StandardTolerance Classes
JIS B1514 — Japanese Industrial StandardClass 0Class 6Class 5Class 4Class 2
DIN 620 (Deutsches Institut für Normung) — German Institute for StandardizationP0P6P5P4P2
ABMA — Ball BearingsABEC 1ABEC 3ABEC 5 (CLASS 5P)ABEC 7 (CLASS 7P)ABEC 9 (CLASS 9P)
ABMA — Roller BearingsRBEC 1RBEC 3RBEC 5––
ABMA — Tapered Roller BearingsCLASS 4CLASS 2CLASS 3CLASS 0CLASS 00

ABMA — American Bearing Manufacturers Association.

Bearing tolerance symbols

SymbolMeaning
dNominal bearing bore diameter
ΔdsDeviation of single bore diameter
ΔdmDeviation of mean bore diameter in a single plane
VdpVariation of mean bore diameter in a single plane
VdmpVariation of mean bore diameter
BNominal inner ring width
ΔBsDeviation of single ring width
VBsVariation of single ring width
KiaRadial runout of inner ring of assembled bearing
SdRunout of inner ring face to the bore
SiaAxial runout of end face to inner ring raceway of assembled bearing
Si / SeVariation of washer thickness of (shaft / housing) locating washers
TNominal bearing height of a single direction axial bearing
DNominal bearing outer diameter
ΔDsDeviation of single outer diameter
ΔDmpDeviation of mean outer diameter in a single plane
VDpVariation of single outer diameter in a single plane
VDmpVariation of mean outer diameter
CNominal outer ring width
ΔCsDeviation of single outer ring width
VCsVariation of outer ring width
KeaRadial runout of outer ring of assembled bearing
SDRunout of outer ring outside surface generatrix to the face
SeaAxial runout of end face to outer ring raceway of assembled bearing

Deviation of mean bore diameter Δdmp

Units: µm.

d over, mmd incl., mmNormalClass 6Class 5Class 4Class 2
HighLowHighLowHighLowHighLowHighLow
0.62.50−80−70−50−40−2.5
2.5100−80−70−50−40−2.5
10180−80−70−50−40−2.5
18300−100−80−60−50−2.5
30500−120−100−80−60−2.5
50800−150−120−90−70−4
801200−200−150−100−80−5
1201500−250−180−130−100−7
1501800−250−180−130−100−7
1802500−300−220−150−120−8
2503150−350−250−18––––
3154000−400−300−23––––
4005000−450−35––––––
5006300−500−40––––––
6308000−75––––––––
8001,0000−100––––––––
1,0001,2500−125––––––––
1,2501,6000−160––––––––
1,6002,0000−200––––––––

Variation of mean bore diameter Vdmp and deviation of ring width ΔBs, ΔCs

Units: µm.

d over, mmd incl., mmVdmp MaxSingle BearingCombined Bearings
Normal / Class 6Class 5 / Class 4Class 2Normal / Class 6Class 5 / Class 4Class 2
NormalClass 6Class 5Class 4Class 2HighLowHighLowHighLowHighLowHighLowHighLow
0.62.565321.50−400−400−40––0−2500−250
2.51065321.50−1200−400−400−2500−2500−250
101865321.50−1200−800−800−2500−2500−250
18308632.51.50−1200−1200−1200−2500−2500−250
305098431.50−1200−1200−1200−2500−2500−250
508011953.520−1500−1500−1500−3800−2500−250
801201511542.50−2000−2000−3800−3800−3800−380
1201501914753.50−2500−2500−2500−5000−3800−380
1501801914753.50−2500−2500−2500−5000−3800−380
18025023178640−3000−3000−3000−5000−5000−500
25031526199––0−3500−350––0−5000−500––
315400302312––0−4000−400––0−6300−630––
4005003426–––0−450––––––––––
5006303830–––0−500––––––––––
630800–––––0−750––––––––––
8001,000–––––0−1,000––––––––––
1,0001,250–––––0−1,250––––––––––
1,2501,600–––––0−1,600––––––––––
1,6002,000–––––0−2,000––––––––––

Shaft diameter tolerances

Units: µm. In each size range the upper deviation stands over the lower one.

d over, mmd incl., mmΔdmpd6e6f6g5g6h5h6h7h8h9h10js5js6j5j6j7k5k6k7m5m6n6p6
360−30−20−10−4−4000000±2.5±4.0+3+6+8+6+9+13+9+12+16+20
−8−38−28−18−9−12−5−8−12−18−30−48−2−2−4+1+1+1+4+4+8+12
6100−40−25−13−5−5000000±3.0±4.5+4+7+10+7+10+16+12+15+19+24
−8−49−34−22−11−14−6−9−15−22−36−58−2−2−5+1+1+1+6+6+10+15
10180−50−32−16−6−6000000±4.0±5.5+5+8+12+9+12+19+15+18+23+29
−8−61−43−27−14−17−8−11−18−27−43−70−3−3−6+1+1+1+7+7+12+18
18300−65−40−20−7−7000000±4.5±6.5+5+9+13+11+15+23+17+21+28+35
−10−78−53−33−16−20−9−13−21−33−52−84−4−4−8+2+2+2+8+8+15+22
30500−80−50−25−9−9000000±5.5±8.0+6+11+15+13+18+27+20+25+33+42
−12−96−66−41−20−25−11−16−25−39−62−100−5−5−10+2+2+2+9+9+17+26
50800−100−60−30−10−10000000±6.5±9.5+6+12+18+15+21+32+24+30+39+51
−15−119−79−49−23−29−13−19−30−46−74−120−7−7−12+2+2+2+11+11+20+32
801200−120−72−36−12−12000000±7.5±11.0+6+13+20+18+25+38+28+35+45+59
−20−142−94−58−27−34−15−22−35−54−87−140−9−9−15+3+3+3+13+13+23+37
1201800−145−85−43−14−14000000±9.0±12.5+7+14+22+21+28+43+33+40+52+68
−25−170−110−68−32−39−18−25−40−63−100−160−11−11−18+3+3+3+15+15+27+43
1802500−170−100−50−15−15000000±10.0±14.5+7+16+25+24+33+50+37+46+60+79
−30−199−129−79−35−44−20−29−46−72−115−185−13−13−21+4+4+4+17+17+31+50
2503150−190−110−56−17−17000000±11.5±16.0+7±16±26+27+36+56+43+52+66+88
−35−222−142−88−40−49−23−32−52−81−130−210−16+4+4+4+20+20+34+56
3154000−210−125−62−18−18000000±12.5±18.0+7±18+29+29+40+61+46+57+73+98
−40−246−161−98−43−54−25−36−57−89−140−230−18−28+4+4+4+21+21+37+62
4005000−230−135−68−20−20000000±13.5±20.0+7±20+31+32+45+68+50+63+80+108
−45−270−175−108−47−60−27−40−63−97−155−250−20−32+5+5+5+23+23+40+68
5006300−260−145−76–−22–00000–±22.0––––+44+70–+70+88+122
−50−304−189−120−66−44−70−110−175−28000+26+44+78
6308000−290−160−80–−24–00000–±25.0––––+50+80–+80+100+138
−75−340−210−130−74−50−80−125−200−32000+30+50+88
8001,0000−320−170−86–−26–00000–±28.0––––+56+90–+90+112+156
−100−376−226−142−82−56−90−140−230−36000+34+56+100
1,0001,2500−350−195−98–−28–00000–±33.0––––+66+105–+106+132+186
−125−416−261−164−94−66−105−165−260−42000+40+66+120
1,2501,6000−390−220−110–−30–00000–±39.0––––+78+125–+126+156+218
−160−468−298−188−108−78−125−195−310−50000+48+78+140
1,6002,0000−430−240−120–−32–00000–±46.0––––+92+150–+150+184+262
−200−522−332−212−124−92−150−230−370−60000+58+92+170

Housing bore diameter tolerances

Units: µm. In each size range the upper deviation stands over the lower one.

D over, mmD incl., mmΔDmpE6F6F7G6G7H6H7H8J6J7JS6JS7K5K6K7M5M6M7N5N6N7P6P7
10180+43+27+34+17+24+11+18+27+6+10±5.5±9+2+2+6−4−40−9−9−5−15−11
−8+32+16+16+6+6000−5−8−6−9−12−12−15−18−17−20−23−26−29
18300+53+33+41+20+28+13+21+33+8+12±6.5±10.5+1+2+6−5−40−12−11−7−18−14
−9+40+20+20+7+7000−5−9−8−11−15−14−17−21−21−24−28−31−35
30500+66+41+50+25+34+16+25+39+10+14±8±12.5+2+3+7−5−40−13−12−8−21−17
−11+50+25+25+9+9000−6−11−9−13−18−16−20−25−24−28−33−37−42
50800+79+49+60+29+40+19+30+46+13+18±9.5±15+3+4+9−6−50−15−14−9−26−21
−13+60+30+30+10+10000−6−12−10−15−21−19−24−30−28−33−39−45−51
801200+94+58+71+34+47+22+35+54+16+22±11±17.5+2+4+10−8−60−18−16−10−30−24
−15+72+36+36+12+12000−6−13−13−18−25−23−28−35−33−38−45−52−59
1201500+110+68+83+39+54+25+40+63+18+26±12.5±20+3+4+12−9−80−21−20−12−36−28
−18+85+43+43+14+14000−7−14−15−21−28−27−33−40−39−45−52−61−68
1501800+110+68+83+39+54+25+40+63+18+26±12.5±20+3+4+12−9−80−21−20−12−36−28
−25+85+43+43+14+14000−7−14−15−21−28−27−33−40−39−45−52−61−68
1802500+129+79+96+44+61+29+46+72+22+30±14.5±23+2+5+13−11−80−25−22−14−41−33
−30+100+50+50+15+15000−7−16−18−24−33−31−37−46−45−51−60−70−79
2503150+142+88+108+49+69+32+52+81+25+36±16±26+3+5+16−13−90−27−25−14−47−36
−35+110+56+56+17+17000−7−16−20−27−36−36−41−52−50−57−66−79−88
3154000+161+98+119+54+75+36+57+89+29+39±18±28.5+3+7+17−14−100−30−26−16−51−41
−40+125+62+62+18+18000−7−18−22−29−40−39−46−57−55−62−73−87−98
4005000+175+108+131+60+83+40+63+97+33+43±20±31.5+2+8+18−16−100−33−27−17−55−45
−45+135+68+68+20+20000−7−20−25−32−45−43−50−63−60−67−80−95−108
5006300+189+120+146+66+92+44+70+110––±22±35–00–−26−26–−44−44−78−78
−50+145+76+76+22+22000−44−70−70−96−88−114−122−148
6308000+210+130+160+74+104+50+80+125––±25±40–00–−30−30–−50−50−88−88
−75+160+80+80+24+24000−50−80−80−110−100−130−138−168
8001,0000+226+142+176+82+116+56+90+140––±28±45–00–−34−34–−56−56−100−100
−100+170+86+86+26+26000−56−90−90−124−112−146−156−190
1,0001,2500+261+164+203+94+133+66+105+165––±33±52.5–00–−40−40–−66−66−120−120
−125+195+98+98+28+28000−66−105−106−145−132−171−186−225
1,2501,6000+298+188+235+108+155+78+125+195––±39±62.5–00–−48−48–−78−78−140−140
−160+220+110+110+30+30000−78−125−126−173−156−203−218−265
1,6002,0000+332+212+270+124+182+92+150+230––±46±75–00–−58−58–−92−92−170−170
−200+240+120+120+32+32000−92−150−150−208−184−242−262−320
2,0002,5000+370+240+305+144+209+110+175+280––±55±87.5–00–−68−68–−110−110−195−195
−250+260+130+130+34+34000−110−175−178−243−220−285−305−370

Bearing runout

Radial and axial runout limits are available on request. Enter the bearing designation with its tolerance class, e.g. 6205 P6, in the contact form.

Find a bearing by designation or by size (d, D, B) in the NTE bearing catalogue.