Assembly and maintenance instruction recirculating ball
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MASCHINEN - GERMANY
5. Dezember 2007Page 22 Recirculating ball screw assembly and maintenance instruction ; Version 2.0
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GB
£ Slide the spindle on the Y-axis.
£ Put the plastic bushing with the
spindle nut on the spindle of the Y-
axis.
£ Turn the spindle clockwise on the
spindle nut until the plastic bushing
is pressed out of the spindle nut.
Fig.1-48: Assembly spindle nut Y-axis
CAUTION!
Do not force the spindle when turning it into the nut, it might get damaged!
If you do not apply sufficient pressure on the bushing, the balls might fall off the nut.
Then the nut will become unusable!
Spindle nut
Spindle Y-axis
Plastic bushing