24060 bearing: complete specifications & equivalents

Specification table

Source: catalog reference (SKF PUB BU/P1 17000/1 EN (Oct 2018), ch. 9.1 spherical roller bearings) · extracted 2026-09-26

Parameters extracted from the official SKF Rolling Bearings catalogue (SKF PUB BU/P1 17000/1 EN (Oct 2018), ch. 9.1 spherical roller bearings); SKF® and SKF Explorer® are trademarks of AB SKF, used here for identification only — mpnbase is not an authorized SKF distributor. Boundary dimensions are ISO 15 interchangeable; current production values may differ, verify at skf.com.

Cross references & equivalents

Interchange levels: full standard interchange · partial verify parameters · verify manual confirmation required. Links resolve to the equivalent model's specification page where available.

How the 24060 model number is decoded

SKF 24060 (24060 CC/W33) is the spherical-roller choice for a 300 mm shaft — barrel rollers between an inner ring with two raceways and a common sphered outer raceway inside the 460×160 mm ISO 15 envelope. Reading the designation: the leading 2 marks a spherical roller bearing, the 40 is the ISO 15 dimension series (dimension series 40 (compact OD, maximum width)), and the last two digits encode the 300 mm bore; the 460 mm OD and 160 mm width follow the ISO 15 general plan. SKF basic executions here are CC/W33; specialist suffixes change the bearing materially — VA405 for vibrating screens (C4 clearance, surface-hardened cage), 2CS5 for the sealed variant — and must be quoted in full when ordering. With C 2821 kN and C0 4750 kN, the 24060 load check covers radial plus moderate axial in either direction — but below the minimum load the rollers skid, so verify P ≥ 0.01·C0 at the lightest operating point. Drive-on force must go through the ring being fitted: press or induction-heat the inner ring onto the 300 mm shaft (max 120 °C) and never transmit mounting force through the roller complement, or the raceways brinell.

Typical equipment & failure modes

Selection pitfalls — read before you substitute

• At 300 mm bore the ring mass makes cocking during mounting a real risk; guide the bearing square, confirm seat contact around the full circumference, and re-check the self-aligning swing after the housing cap is torqued down.
• The 24000-series series at 300 mm bore (460×160 mm) packs maximum roller length into the smallest OD envelope — very high C0 for its size but the lowest speed ceiling; never swap it for a wider-OD 231 bearing without re-checking the housing bore and the speed margin.
• Never use the tapered-bore CCK30/K30 variant's drive-up figures on this cylindrical-bore 24060; clearance reduction targets differ, and over-driving a cylindrical bore onto an oversized journal cracks the inner ring.
• The self-aligning feature is not a license to ignore alignment: beyond ≈ 0.5–2.5° (series-dependent) the edge loading eats the fatigue margin, and seal drag grows as the rings tilt.
• The 2821/4750 kN ratings are SKF catalogue values for this exact execution (24060 CC/W33); SKF can revise internal geometry without changing the order number, so keep the catalogue version (SKF catalogue PUB BU/P1 17000) with the specification and re-verify for critical drives.
• SKF lists several executions of 24060 (cylindrical bore as listed, tapered-bore 24060 CCK30/W33 variant, plus sealed and vibrating-screen options in the same envelope); they are not interchangeable order numbers — quote the full 24060 CC/W33 designation when purchasing.