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Abstract

One or more force application members (e.g., a force transmission member and/or a hydraulic force application member) may be employed to provide a desired adjustment (e.g., a preload and/or a compression) to an adjustable spacer of a bearing assembly. The hydraulic force application member may provide a first stage of the adjustment to the spacer, and the force transmission member may be threadingly rotated to apply a second stage of the adjustment to the spacer. An additional force application member may (e.g., contemporaneously) oppose at least one of the force application members in the providing of the adjustment to the spacer. This opposing force may cause a gap between certain surfaces (e.g., in a press) until the adjustment to the spacer is completed. The closure of the gap may serve to indicate the completion of the desired adjustment to the spacer. A housing rotatable on a portion of the bearing assembly may be prevented from rotating at the closure of the gap. Such an increased drag torque of the housing may be observed and employed to terminate an operation of at least one of the force application members. One or more gage parts may be located in the bearing assembly to assist the providing of the adjustment to the spacer. An adjustment of an axial dimension of at least one of the gage parts, may be made based on one or more factors and/or characteristics (e.g., endplay in the bearing assembly).

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