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                                                                       EXHIBIT 5

                                 March 11, 2003

The Timken Company
1835 Dueber Avenue, S.W.
Canton, Ohio  44706-2798

           Re:      The Timken Company Savings and Stock Investment
                    Plan for Torrington Non-Bargaining Associates

Ladies and Gentlemen:

      As Corporate Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of The Timken
Company, an Ohio corporation (the "Registrant"), I have acted as counsel for the
Registrant in connection with The Timken Company Savings and Stock Investment
Plan for Torrington Non-Bargaining Associates (the "Plan"). I have examined such
documents, records and matters of law as I have deemed necessary for purposes of
this opinion, and based thereon, I am of the opinion that the Registrant's
common shares, without par value (the "Common Shares"), that may be issued or
transferred and sold pursuant to the Plan and the agreements contemplated
thereunder (the "Agreements") have been duly authorized and will be, when issued
or transferred and sold in accordance with the Plan and such Agreements, validly
issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

      Additionally, when contributions are made to the Plan and are allocated in
accordance with the terms of the Plan, the resulting participation interests
will have been validly created, fully paid, and nonassessable, assuming that as
of the date(s) of such contributions and allocations the applicable terms of the
Plan remain in substantially the same form as at the date hereof, and further
assuming that no other change occurs in the pertinent facts or the applicable
law between the date hereof and the date(s) of such contributions and
allocations.

      I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement on Form S-8 being filed by the Registrant to effect
registration of the 2,000,000 Common Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to
the Plan under the Securities Act of 1933.

                                      /s/ Scott A. Scherff
                                      Scott A. Scherff, Esq.
                                      Corporate Secretary and
                                      Assistant General Counsel





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