the diameter causes spoke like webs 11 to slant even farther as a result of the bending at predetermined flex points 12 the displacement being like that of the sides of a parallelogram as a result of these weakened areas only relatively small radial forces are transferred to inner section 8 of the side ring these forces not being strong enough to deform the ring bore surface 3 thus retains its nominal dimension and does not lose its shape as illustrated in fig4 a 4c inclusive the diameter d rf of the small diameter end of the inner ring r 1 is slightly smaller than the smallest diametric trace of the rollers and has a flange diameter smaller than the bore diameter of the flange of the cage in other words the diameter d c of the bore in the cage flange is preferably greater than the diameter d rf of the smallest flange of the inner ring r i to provide a small clearance u03b4 x between the inner ring flange outer surface and the inner terminal edge of the cage flange fig4 a 6 inclusive show the steps in assembling a conical roller bearing assembly utilizing a cage c in accordance with the present invention as illustrated in fig4 a the rollers r are positioned in the pockets p of the cage and the inner ring r i inserted downwardly from the large diameter end of the cage interiorly of the array of rollers r whereby as shown in fig4 b the large axial end face f of the rollers r are engaged by a shoulder surface.