Bearing ea pompo ea metsi ea koloi ke karolo ea bohlokoa tsamaisong ea ho pholisa ea koloi, e bapala karolo ea bohlokoa ho bolokeng mocheso o motle oa ts'ebetso ea enjene. Jwalo ka bearing e nepahetseng haholo e etselitsoeng ka ho khetheha lits'ebetso tsa pompo ea metsi ea likoloi, e netefatsa phetiso e se nang sekoli ea matla ho tloha enjeneng ho ea ho impeller ea pompo ea metsi, e ama ka kotloloho katleho ea sistimi ea ho pholisa le ts'epo ea enjene ka kakaretso.
Ha ho tluoa tabeng ea khetho ea thepa, lesaka la bearing ea pompo ea metsi ea likoloi hangata le entsoe ka nylon e matlafalitsoeng ea 66—thepa ena e khethiloe ka lebaka la ho hanyetsa ho tsofala ha eona ka tsela e ikhethang, mamello ea mocheso o phahameng, le thepa e bobebe, e tlatsetsang bophelong ba nako e telele ba bearing le tšebeliso e fokotsehileng ea matla.
Mabapi le mosebetsi le sebopeho, bearing ea pompo ea metsi ea koloi e ithorisa ka melemo e meraro ea bohlokoa e etsang hore e be ea bohlokoa litsamaisong tsa ho pholisa likoloi.
Sa pele, mosebetsi oa eona oa mantlha ke ho tšehetsa shaft ea pompo ea metsi: e tšoara shaft hantle ha e ntse e nolofalletsa ho potoloha ho boreleli, e fetisetsa matla a potolohang ka katleho ho tloha lebanteng la enjene kapa sistimi ea gear ho ea ho impeller. Phetiso ena e bohlokoa bakeng sa impeller ho potoloha sehatsetsi ho pholletsa le enjene, ho felisa mocheso o feteletseng le ho thibela ho chesa haholo.
Taba ea bobeli, bearing e amohela moralo o kopaneng—mebila ea mabelo hangata e etsoa ka mochini ka kotloloho ho shaft ea pompo ea metsi, e leng se felisang tlhoko ea lesale le arohaneng la kahare. Moralo ona o mocha ha o boloke feela sebaka sa ho kenya ka har'a kopano ea pompo ea metsi empa hape o ntlafatsa bokhoni ba bearing ba ho jara mojaro, e leng se etsang hore e haneloe haholoanyane ke khatello ea mechini e hlahisoang nakong ea ts'ebetso ea enjene.
Sa boraro, dibering tsena di fanwa e le diyuniti tse kwaletsweng tse bokelletsweng pele. Ditiiso tse kopantsweng di fana ka thibelo e matla kgahlanong le sephodisang, oli ya enjene, lerōle le ditshila tse ding, ho qoba ho bola ha dibering le ho hloleha pele ho nako ho bakwang ke tshilafatso ya setlolo.
Litšobotsi tsa bohlokoa tsa li-bearing tsa pompo ea metsi tsa koloi li entsoe ho fihlela litlhoko tse matla tsa litsamaiso tsa ho pholisa tsa likoloi. Ha ho tluoa tabeng ea thepa, lesale le ka ntle, likarolo tse bilikanang le libaka tsa ho kopanya shaft li entsoe ka litšepe tse thatafalitsoeng tsa boleng bo holimo. Litšepe tsena li feta lits'ebetsong tse thata tsa kalafo ea mocheso ho fihlela boima bo phahameng, ho hanyetsa ho tsofala le matla a mokhathala, ho netefatsa hore bearing e ka mamella potoloho e phahameng ea nako e telele le litlamorao tsa mechini.
Litiiso tse tsoetseng pele tse sa keneleng metsi ke tšobotsi e 'ngoe e ikhethang—li entsoe ka mokhoa o nepahetseng hore li lumellane hantle le ntlo ea li-bearing le shaft, li fana ka ts'ebetso e sa lutleng nako e telele. Litiiso li boetse li etselitsoe ho amohela katoloso le ho honyela ha mocheso nakong ea ho qala le ho tima ha enjene, ho boloka katleho ea ho tiisa ha tsona mochesong o pharaletseng.
Ho phaella moo, di-bearing di tlotsitswe esale pele ka grease e sebetsang hantle e fanang ka kganyetso e ntle ya mocheso, kganyetso ya metsi le kganyetso ya mafome. Grise ena e ikgethang e netefatsa ho tlotsa ho tsitsitseng esita le mochesong o phahameng wa tshebetso, e fokotsa kgohlano le ho senyeha pakeng tsa di-roller elements le di-raceway.
Qetellong, bokgoni ba mojaro ba dibering tsena bo entswe ka hloko ho sebetsana le matla a bohlokwa a radial le axial. Ebang ke matla a radial a tswang kgatellong ya lebanta kapa matla a axial a tswang tshebetsong ya impeller, sebopeho sa bearing se ntlafaditswe ho aba matla ana ka ho lekana, ho thibela mahloriso a kgatello ya sebakeng seo le ho atolosa bophelo ba tshebeletso ya bearing.