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| | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 9,115 | When I removed my pinion bearing retainer and yoke, I could flop the shaft around as the outside race was not in compression anymore. I don't understand why this is possible. As I read in the manual, the whole pinion assembly is pressed into the case and therefore the outside race should be holding the inside inner race in place. Am I missing something here? Do I have a problem? | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 9,671 | That's why they call that cast piece a bearing retainer Fred.
That pinion is supported in the back by the small bearing and
in the front by the double row tapered bearing. The bearings
are sandwiched together by the 10,000ft.lb torque on the nut for
the yoke. The whole works is held in the carrier by the
retainer.
The depths of engagement for the pinion is set by the
shims behind the bearing races.
Denny G.
Last edited by Denny Graham; 03/06/2014 4:59 AM.
Denny G
Sandwich, IL
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