Farr KT5500 - Note on Installation Practices

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NOTE ON INSTALLATION PRACTICES: Ensure all bearings are liberally greased before installing over a shaft or into
gears or bearing caps. When inserting a shaft through a support roller assembly ensure shaft is greased. Also ensure
all metal-to-metal contact in the gear train is adequately greased. When graphics are not used in the assembly process,
please refer to the relevant exploded diagrams in Section 5.
1. Positionthetongbodygearcaseonasuitablestationarysupportsuchthatthebottombodyplateisaccessible.
2. Assembletensupportroller“dumbbell”assemblies:
• Insertaninnersupportrollerspacer(PN1064-183)intoeachdumbbellsupportroller(PN1064-181).
• Pressasupportrollerbearing(PN02-0099)intoeachendofthedumbbellrollers.
• Slideasupportrollerbearingspacer(PN1064-182)overeachsupportrollershaft(5xPN101-3942,4xPN101-3944,
1xPN101-3943).
• Insertasupportrollershaftthroughcompletelythrougheachdumbbellassembly.
3. Placefoursupportrollerassembliesalongonesideofthecageplateopening.
4. Installrotarygear(PN1064-D1),makingsurethebackingpinslotsareonthesidefacingup.Ensureonesideissup-
portedbythesupportrollersinstalledinStep3,andtheopeningintherotarygearisorientedtowardanopensupport
rollerspaceasshowninthefollowingillustration.