Which one of the following types of bearings is employed in shafts of gearboxes of automobiles? [IES-1999]

(a) Hydrodynamic journal bearings (b) Multi-lobed journal bearings

(c) Antifriction bearings (d) Hybrid journal bearings

1 Answer

Answer :

(c) Antifriction bearings

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