SKF Rod end Maintenance-free Steel/PTFE FRP Internal thread right hand Series: SIKB..F

Design:
Maintenance-free rod end with a threaded shank. With an open bearing (without seals), but relatively insensitive to contaminants, internal (female) right-hand thread.

Sliding contact surface combination: Steel/PTFE FRP
Suitable for heavy, constant direction loads, where low coefficient of friction is required; limited suitability for alternating loads, shock loads.
Rod end with a steel/PTFE FRP sliding contact surface combination consist of a rod end housing and a spherical plain bearing inner ring. Between the housing and the inner ring, a sliding layer of fibre reinforced polymer, containing PTFE, is moulded to the housing.

SKF supplies rod end with a threaded shank with a right-hand thread as standard. With the exception of rod end with the designation suffix VZ019, all rod end are also available with a left-hand thread. They are identified by the designation prefix L.