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ACORN 80 Maintenance & Service Manual
SECTION 7
Dismantling Components
To Remove the OSG Hub
1 Refer to the Acorn 80 Installation Manual and
remove the carriage from the rail.
2 Remove the transfer rail from the carriage.
3 Remove the osg bracket. The hub can be rotated
to give access to both the fixing bolts by placing a
hand inside the power bogie and turning the drive
wheel in the desired direction.
4 Remove the hub and thrust washer.
To Refit the Hub
1 Position rail follower level with the ‘centre-pop’ mark
on the casting and ensure that the rollers on the
opposite side of the power bogie are in alignment
prior to re-fitting new hub.
RETAIN THE THRUST WASHER AND
NOTE THE POSITION OF THE LOCATING
PIN AND CUTOUTS IN RELATION TO THE
POWER BOGIE GEAR TRAIN.
ROLLERS MUST
BE ALIGNED
CENTRE-POP
MARK