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Fatigue tests were carried out on real bearings with various types of artificial defects on their outer‐ring raceways. Finite element analysis (FEM) revealed that the stress intensity factor (SIF) ranges and stress ratios were complex and variable, depending on the gap fittings between the outer rings and housings, as well as on the sizes of the initial defects, both of which influenced the fatigue...