and the lower male bearing component 210 b the gap 334 may be set or adjusted by conventional methods such as tooling etc and is set within the range of 0 003 mm to 0 02 mm fig3 e depicts the final step in the gap setting method step 412 a capacitance probe 340 is coupled to the assembly to monitor the distance between the female bearing component 211 and the upper male bearing component 210 a an axial force f is applied to the free end 305 i e the end that extends through the bottom of the support housing 302 of the shaft 304 in a direction away from the support housing 302 essentially pulling the free end 305 of the shaft 304 downward this is accomplished by securing a pulling means 309 to the free end 305 of the shaft 304 and applying force f the pulling means 309 may be for example a clamp though it should be appreciated that any sort of device capable of securedly grasping the free end 305 may be used the value of the force f that is applied to the free end 305 of the shaft 304 is for example in the range of 50 to 250 lbs simultaneously lower male bearing component 210 b is held stationary to allow the shaft to be stretched as the axial force f is applied to the free end 305 of the shaft 304 the rotor hub 308 slides downward on the shaft 304 narrowing the gap 334 between the female bearing component 211 and the lower male bearing.