RemovingtheIdlerAssembly(continued)
5.Inspecttheshields,bearing,andbushingintheidlerassembly.Removeand
discardthecomponentsthatarewornordamaged.
InstallingtheIdlerAssembly
1.Iftheshields,bearing,orbushingwasremovedfromtheidlerarm,install
newcomponentsasfollows:
A.Pressthebushingintoagroomerplateuntilthebushingiscenteredin
theidlerarmbore.
B.Pressthebearingintotheidlerarmsothatthebearingcontactsthe
shoulderinidlerarmboreandinstallthebearingretainingring.
C.Installthebearingshieldswithockedsideofshieldtowardthebearing.
D.Checktheidlerarmorientationandinsertthestubshaftthroughshields
andbearing.Usethethroughholeintheshafttopreventshaftfrom
rotating,tightentheangenutto37to45N∙m(27to33ft-lb).
E.Ifthecollarwasremovedfromtheidlerarm,installthecollarandtighten
to33to41N∙m(24to30ft-lb).
2.Applyanti-seizelubricanttotheinsidediameteroftheidlerarm.
3.Installanewcotterpinandclevispinandsecuretheheightadjustmentrod
tothefrontoftheidlerarm.
4.Installreeldriveassembly,reelpulley,reeldrivebeltandthenreeldrive
covertoleftsideofcuttingunit(seeReelDriveAssemblyintheServiceand
RepairssectionofChapter4-TractionandReelDriveSystem).
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