A Kingsbury, or pivot shoe type thrust bearing, can bear much greater loads per square inch of working surface than can parallel surface bearings because provisions are made in the Kingsbury bearing __________.

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for the shoes to tilt slightly, thereby allowing the formation of a wedge-shaped oil film under a thrust load

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for adjusting the filler piece thickness behind the pivotal-shoes to give a more accurate fit

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to allow the leveling plates to pivot on the collar when thrust loads are applied

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for automatically adjusting clearances to the correct value when wear occurs

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