{
 "version": "2026-10-20",
 "license": "Dimension sheets are written by Xem Studio from the cited sources and are free to use (CC BY 4.0, attribute 'Xem Studio'). Linked files belong to their publishers under the license shown; Xem Studio does not host them. 'license_verified: false' means the license shown is from memory or the publisher's page as last read and should be confirmed at the link before commercial use.",
 "slug": "sleeve-bushings",
 "name": "Plain sleeve bushings Ø3 to Ø10 ID",
 "kind": "hardware",
 "category": "Hardware",
 "group": "Motion",
 "year": null,
 "question": "What sizes are plain sleeve bushings (ID × OD × length)?",
 "tags": [
  "bushing",
  "sleeve bearing",
  "plain bearing",
  "shaft",
  "pivot",
  "stirling",
  "long earth society"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "sleeve bushing sizes",
  "plain bushing 5mm",
  "bushing 8x12",
  "sleeve bearing dimensions",
  "bushing 3x5"
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 "overall_mm": {
  "length": null,
  "width": null,
  "height": null
 },
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 "sheet": {
  "basis": "Standard metric plain-bushing sizes, ID × OD × length, drawn at exact ID and OD",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": null,
   "width": null,
   "height": null
  },
  "notes": [
   "Plain cylindrical sleeves with a 0.4 chamfer on one end: 3 × 5 × 6, 4 × 6 × 8, 5 × 8 × 8, 5 × 8 × 12, 6 × 10 × 10, 8 × 12 × 12, 8 × 12 × 20, 10 × 14 × 15.",
   "The OD sits in a housing hole of the same Ø and a shaft of the ID turns or slides inside; both fits are listed under Mating features.",
   "Wall thickness is 1 mm on the Ø3 and Ø4, 1.5 on the Ø5, 2 on the Ø6, Ø8 and Ø10."
  ],
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    "file",
    "ID",
    "OD",
    "length"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "bushing-3x5x6",
     3,
     5,
     6
    ],
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     "bushing-4x6x8",
     4,
     6,
     8
    ],
    [
     "bushing-5x8x8",
     5,
     8,
     8
    ],
    [
     "bushing-5x8x12",
     5,
     8,
     12
    ],
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     "bushing-6x10x10",
     6,
     10,
     10
    ],
    [
     "bushing-8x12x12",
     8,
     12,
     12
    ],
    [
     "bushing-8x12x20",
     8,
     12,
     20
    ],
    [
     "bushing-10x14x15",
     10,
     14,
     15
    ]
   ]
  }
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   "hosted": false
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 "related": [
  "metric-shafts",
  "pins-3mm",
  "ball-bearings-metric",
  "pillow-block-kp08"
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 "fits": [
  {
   "role": "Goes in or on",
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    {
     "slug": "metric-shafts",
     "why": "shaft of the ID turns in it"
    }
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   "role": "Connects to",
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     "why": "Ø3 pin in the 3 × 5 sleeve"
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 "dimensions": "exact (nominal, no printing tolerance)",
 "dimension_rule": "All geometry on Xem Studio is exact (nominal, true size) with no printing tolerance. Where a part meets another part, the object lists its mating features (feature, exact size, what it mates with, fit class: press, slide, run, socket, clamp or designed). Apply your process's allowance to those features only; 'designed' gaps are part of the design and stay as drawn.",
 "mating": [
  {
   "feature": "bushing OD",
   "exact": "Ø5–Ø14",
   "mates": "housing hole of the same Ø",
   "fit": "press",
   "files": "bushing-"
  },
  {
   "feature": "bushing ID",
   "exact": "Ø3–Ø10",
   "mates": "shaft of the same Ø",
   "fit": "run",
   "files": "bushing-"
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 "fit_classes": {
  "press": "stays put: pin, tube, bearing or magnet held by interference. Typical FDM: hole +0.0 to +0.1 mm on diameter.",
  "slide": "assembles by hand and is held by a grub, pinch or clamp: shaft in a hub, rod in a socket, spigot in a bore. Typical FDM: +0.2 mm.",
  "run": "turns or slides in use: pin in a link, rod through a guide. Typical FDM: +0.3 mm.",
  "socket": "large sliding fit: syringe barrel, sleeve, bobbin in a bore. Typical FDM: +0.3 mm.",
  "clamp": "split part that closes on the mating part with screws: make it at size.",
  "designed": "a gap that is part of the design (piston fit option, displacer gap, air gap): do not change."
 },
 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "What bushing size for a 5 mm shaft?",
   "a": "Ø5 ID × Ø8 OD, 8 or 12 long; it sits in a Ø8 hole."
  },
  {
   "q": "What bushing size for an 8 mm shaft?",
   "a": "Ø8 ID × Ø12 OD, 12 or 20 long, in a Ø12 hole."
  }
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