A detachable assembly in or on which a journal, gudgeon, pivot, or the like moves. It is used to carry a load and to reduce sliding friction. It does not employ rolling elements. The item consists of a bored precision ground ball (or spherical plain bearing) around which an outer ring is fitted. The assembly may be either separable or nonseparable. Excludes:bearing, plain, rod end and bearing, plain, spherical.
bearing plain, self-aligning, pivot part name assigned by controlling agency, acft, airlifter c-17a, horizontal and vertical stabilizer pivot end item identification, 3.9995 inches minimum and 4.0005 inches maximum bore diameter, 6.8755 inches minimum and 6.8758 inches maximum outer member outside diameter