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BladeSpindleDisassembly(Figure333)(continued)
3.Removeanddiscardtheoilsealsfromspindlehousing.
4.Removethebearingcones,innerbearingspacer,spacerringandspindle
shaftO−ringfromthespindlehousing.DiscardthespindleshaftO−ring.
5.Usinganarborpress,removebothofthebearingcupsandtheouterbearing
spacerfromthehousing.
6.Thelargesnapring(item13)canremaininsidethespindlehousing.
Removalofthissnapringcanbeverydifcult.
7.Removedamageddrivestuds(item16)asneeded.
BladeSpindleAssembly(Figure333)
Note:Areplacementspindlebearingsetcontainstwo(2)completebearings
(cupsandcones),aspacerringandalargesnapring(Figure334).Theseparts
cannotbepurchasedseparately.DoNotmixbearingsetcomponentsfromone
deckspindletoanother.
Note:Areplacementbearingspacersetincludestheinnerspacerandouter
spacer(Figure334).Thesepartscannotbepurchasedseparately.DoNotmix
bearingspacersfromonedeckspindletoanother.
IMPORTANT
Ifnewbearingsareinstalledintoausedspindlehousing,itmaynot
benecessarytoreplacetheoriginallargesnapring(item13).Ifthe
originalsnapringisingoodconditionwithnoevidenceofdamage
(e.g.spunbearing),leavethesnapringinthehousinganddiscard
thesnapringthatcomeswiththenewbearings.Ifthelargesnap
ringisfoundtobedamaged,replacethesnapring.
1.Useanarborpresstoinstallanydrivestudspreviouslyremoved.
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Figure334
1.Bearingset
2.Spacerset
2.Iflargesnapring(item13)wasremovedfromthespindlehousing,installthe
snapringintothehousinggroove.Makesurethesnapringisfullyseatedin
thehousinggroove.
3.Installouterbearingspacerintotopofspindlehousing.Thespacershould
contactthelargesnapring.
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