AssemblingtheFrontAxleShaftsandBearings(continued)
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Figure206
3.Slideanewbearingretainerontheaxleshaft.Supporttheshaftandretainer
inasuitablepressandpressthebearingretainerrmlyagainstthebearing
(Figure206).
IMPORTANT
Donotheatthebearingretainertoinstall.Heatwilldestroytheclose
tolerancepresst.
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Figure207
4.Prepareanewinnershaftsealforassembly.PutalightcoatofNo.1
Permatex(orequivalent)ontheouterdiameter(surfacethatcontactsthe
axlehousing),andathinlayerofuidontheinnerdiameter(surfacethat
contactstheaxleshaft).Installnewsealtoadepthof30.90mm(1.218
inches)intotheaxlehousing(Figure207).
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