Accurately formed critical tolerance fit components are provided for fluid
dynamic bearing motors, including disc drive memory systems. In an
aspect, critical tolerance fit components are molded to a metal insert
and include a portion of a hub, a disc seating surface, and a disc
locating surface. The insert includes another portion of a hub, a sleeve,
or a disc clamp retainer for a novel disc clamp. In an aspect, the
plastic component is situated to cause the thermal expansion of the
plastic to be restricted by the thermal expansion of a metal insert.
Expensive machining of a stamped metal hub is minimized or eliminated by
using the molded component portions. Strict component tolerances are
provided as needed for perpendicularity relative to motor rotation for
seating a disc with accurate flatness, a circumferential surface for
centering the disc, and tight parallelism between a disc mounting surface
and a center shaft.