for fastening the bearing 10 to another device or object accepting different types of loads sealing out contaminants and so forth the sleeve 18 is positioned within the bearing 10 such that the sleeve 18 can rotate in a circumferential direction illustrated by arrows 40 around the central bearing axis 44 in the exemplary embodiment the sleeve 18 is a metal alloy although other materials known in the art may be utilized a shaft not shown may be positioned within and fastened to the sleeve 18 as is known in the art such as by tightening screws bolts clamps pins welding and so on in an alternate embodiment the sleeve 18 and shaft are integral to each other to eliminate the need for tightening screws or the other types of fasteners note that the sleeve 18 may be configured to accommodate any desired bearing application and thus the sleeve 18 should not be limited to the cylindrical configuration such as shown for clarity in fig1 in the exemplary embodiment the bearing housing 26 is a metal alloy although other materials known in the art may be utilized the bearing housing 26 can be fastened or mounted to a structure or device not shown for clarity such that.