Service Manual

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NOTE:
These capscrews had medium strength thread
locker added at original axle assembly
.
WARNING
Take care when using lifting devices. When
you use a lifting strap, inspect the strap for
damage before you use it. Do not use a lifting
strap to shock load or drop load a component.
Serious personal injury and damage to
components can result. Figure 2.8.
2. Support the wheel end to be serviced with a
lifting device.
3. Loosen without removing the M18 lock nuts and
washers at the studs at the spindle to axle housing
joint. Figure 2.8.
CAUTION
Do Not remove the studs as they support the
planetary ring g
ear and spindle assemb
l
y on the
axle housing. Use care to keep planetary ring
gear from falling off spindle flange.
4. Use a brass or leather mallet to hit spindle flange
and loosen wheel end assembly from the axle
housing. Figure 2.9.
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!
5. Remove O-Ring from inner side of ring gear. For
safety, remove M18 lock nuts while wheel end is
still supported by studs, assemble (2) M18 cap-
screws with washers through spindle flange and
p
lanetary ring gear mounting holes and assemble
(2) nuts with washers onto capscrew threads so
the ring gear cannot fall off the spindle flange.
Figure 2.9.
6. Remove the wheel end assembly from the axle
housing assembly and place safely on a work
bench. Where further wheel end disassembly can
be completed. Figure 2.9.
NOTE: If the axle to be serviced does not require
the planetary wheel end assembly to be further
disassembled, please go to required section for
specific area of disassembly required.
NOTE: To further disassemble the planetary wheel
end assembly and to service all the internal
wheel end components, the following procedure is
recommended:
1.
For further disassembly set with planetary pin
facing downward with planet pins on a 50mm thick
spacer whose O.D. is smaller than ring gear’s I.D.
Figure 2.10.
Figure 2.9
WHEEL END
ASSEMBLY
SPINDLE
FLANGE
PLANETARY
RING GEAR
LIFTING STRAP
TWO M18 CAPSCREWS AND
NUTS INSTALLED, FOR SAFETY
REMOVE
O-RING
Section 2
Removal & Disassembly
Figure 2.8
WHEEL END
ASSEMBLY
Figure 2.7
M18 CAP SCREWS
AND WASHERS
Figure 2.10
LIFTING STRAP
M18 LOCK NUTS
PLANETARY
SPIDER
ASSEMBLY
RING
GEAR
50mm THICK
SP
A
CER
SPINDLE
AND HUB
ASSEMBLY
BOL
TS
NUTS AND
W
ASHERS
FOR SAFETY