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<CONFORMED-NAME>GUSSACK DAVID L
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>GENERAL BEARING CORP
<STREET2>44 HIGH STREET
<CITY>W NYACK
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>10994
<PHONE>8453586000
</BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
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<CONFORMED-NAME>GENERAL BEARING CORP
<CIK>0001026221
<ASSIGNED-SIC>3562
<IRS-NUMBER>132796245
<STATE-OF-INCORPORATION>DE
<FISCAL-YEAR-END>1231
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<BUSINESS-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>44 HIGH ST
<CITY>WEST NYWACK
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>10994
<PHONE>9143586000
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<MAIL-ADDRESS>
<STREET1>C/O GENERAL BEARING CORP
<STREET2>44 HIGH ST
<CITY>WEST NYACK
<STATE>NY
<ZIP>10994
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    <periodOfReport>2004-09-16</periodOfReport>

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        <issuerName>GENERAL BEARING CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>GNRL</issuerTradingSymbol>
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        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>44 HIGH STREET</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerZipCode>10994</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
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        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>1</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Chief Executive Officer</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

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        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2004-09-16</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>9800</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>4.33</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>570840</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01</value>
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                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>As custodian for daughter, Natasha Eve Gussack</value>
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            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, par value $.01</value>
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            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>5000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>By Gussack Realty Company</value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Amount of securities beneficially owned following all transactions reported on this form.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/John E. Stein, on behalf of David L. Gussack</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-09-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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