A bearing arrangement supporting a sealing bellows around a shaft to permit axial
and angular motion includes inner and outer bearing sleeves, and a rolling bearing
having an inner race ring fitted around the inner sleeve with one end face engaging
a shoulder in the inner sleeve. A sealing device is provided in a space between
the inner and outer sleeves. A flexible elongated bellows for enclosing a portion
of the shaft is sealingly connected at one end to the outer surface of the outer
sleeve and is attachable at its opposite end to a fitting of a machine member from
which the shaft projects. The outer sleeve is a sheet metal sleeve provided with
an inwardly bent flange portion forming an engagement surface for the opposite
side face of the rolling bearing. The bellows is fixedly attachable to the outer
surface of the outer sleeve by bonding through vulcanization.