Meihbur Retaining Rings are precision, heavy duty retaining rings designed to eliminate the material and labor cost usually required to provide a shoulder on a shaft or a machine element. They are designed to take all the thrust that the shaft itself will permit. Not a "C", they furnish a full 360 degree thrust face and resist rated thrust loads without deflection. They assemble easily to the shaft without tools.

Taper Locking Type

Taper locking type rings are intended primarily for use with metric series ball or roller bearings, thrust bearings, and other machine elements requiring accurate longitudinal positioning and squareness combined with high thrust capacity.

The thrust is taken directly against the face of the hardened and ground keys. Matched sets of keys eliminate tolerance between the two keys in any one set. The full compensating retainer presses the keys firmly into engagement with the groove at assembly.

Rectangular Type

Rectangular Rings are designed for use with inch-series ball roller or thrust bearings, cams, gears, levers, etc., where a rigid square and accurate shoulder is required. They offer full 360 degree thrust face and assemble to the shaft without tools. Matched keys eliminate tolerance between the two keys in any one set.

Meibuhr Circular Keys are recommended for applications where the assembled component can be designed to contain the keys as shown in the two drawings at right below.

internal	BOWED N5001* For housings and bores
	Size Range	0.25 - 1.75 inch
		6.4 - 44.4 mm

internal	DOUBLE-BEVELED N5003* For housings and bores
	Size Range	1.562 - 2.812 inch
		39.7 - 71.4 mm

internal	CIRCULAR PUSH-ON 5005 For housings and bores
	Size Range	0.311 - 1.998 inch
		-

internal	INVERTED 5008 For housings and bores
	Size Range	0.625 - 4 inch
		15.9 - 101.6 mm

external	BEVELED 5102 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	1 - 10 inch
		25.4 - 254 mm

external	CRESCENT 5103 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.125 - 2 inch
		3.2 - 50.8 mm

external	CIRCULAR PUSH-ON 5105 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.093 - 0.998 inch
		-

external	INTERLOCKING 5107* For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.469 - 3.375 inch
		11.9 - 85.7 mm

external	INVERTED 5108 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.5 - 4.062 inch
		12.7 - 100 mm

external	REINFORCED CIRCULAR PUSH-ON 5115 For sharts and pins
	Size Range	0.091 - 0.995 inch
		-

external	BOWED E-RING 5131 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.11 - 0.875 inch
		2.8 - 22.2 mm

external	E-RING 5133 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.04 - 1.375 inch
		1 - 34.9 mm

external	RADIAL GRIPRING 5135 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.092 - 0.373 inch
		-

external	PRONG-LOCK 5139* For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.092 - 0.438 inch
		-

external	REINFORCED E-RING 5144 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.094 - 0.562 inch
		2.4 - 14.3 mm

external	HEAVY-DUTY 5160 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.394 - 2 inch
		10 - 50.8 mm

external	CRESCENT 5305* For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.06 - 0.434 inch
		-

external	PRECISION SUPPORT WASHER 5900* For shafts and pins
	Size Range	4 - 100 mm
		0.157 - 3.937 inch

external	GRIPRING 5555 For shafts and pins
	Size Range	0.058 - 0.745 inch
		1.5 - 19 mm