Repair manual

Disassembly and Assembly RD 27

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8.19 Rebuilding the Articulated Steering Joint

Prerequisites

Articulated steering joint removed from machine

Bearings (see Parts Book)

Disassembly

Perform the procedure below to rebuild the articulated steering joint.

1. Remove the screw (a) from the threaded hole of the axle.

2. Remove the spacer (b) and the conical washer (c).

3. Insert a sacrificial screw (d) into the threaded hole of the axle. Suspend the joint

between two pieces of pipe or similar objects. Pound the sacrificial screw until

the axle portion (e) of the joint separates from the hitch casting. The larger

bearing will separate; the outer race will remain on the axle and the inner race

will remain in the hitch casting.

4. Remove the grease from inside the hitch casting and from around the axle.

5. Remove the pillow blocks/bearings (f and g) from the hitch casting.

Note: Pillow blocks/bearings come as a set. If either the pillow block or bearing is

faulty, the pillow block/bearing must be replaced. If one set of pillow blocks/bear-

ings is faulty, replace both sets of pillow blocks/bearings.

This procedure continues on the next page.

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