MacDon PW8 - Installing Sealed Bearing

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5.4 Installing Sealed Bearing
This is a general procedure for installing non-serviceable bearings on the pick-up header.
1. Clean the shaft and apply a rust preventive coating.
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Figure 5.7: Sealed Bearing
2. Install flangette (A), bearing (B), second flangette (C), and
lock collar (D).
NOTE:
The locking cam is on only one side of the bearing.
3. Install and tighten the flangette bolts (E).
4. Tighten lock collar (D) with a punch and ball-peen hammer
once the shaft is correctly positioned.
NOTE:
Lock the collar in the same direction the shaft rotates.
5. Tighten the set screw on the lock collar.
6. Loosen flangette bolts (E) on the mating bearing one turn,
and then retighten the bolts.
NOTE:
This step lines the bearing up with the shaft.
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