
Bearing preload confusion
This is the most common type of configuration I could find but I don't understand how it works if both the shaft and the housing are fixed by some other means.
If both can't move the space in which the bearing is restricted never changes, right? So is the requirement for these kind of preloads that the shaft can freely move a bit axially?
Then I also found this but I don't understand what the red part is for. Because the blue housing is already acting as a spacer, so we have two? When the flange gets tightened both inner racing are just compressed, how does this achieve any kind of preload?