REPAIR INSTRUCTIONS 5. Press the main drive pinion shaft and bearing assembly into the main drive pinion bearing cover. 431
One side of the large snap ring is bevelled and faces out. The flat side of the snap ring goes against the bearing. 432
Figure 432 — Installing Snap Ring into Main Drive Pinion Bearing Cover
7. Install a new spigot bearing into the end of the main drive pinion shaft by hand. Then, install the retaining snap ring.
Figure 431 — Installing Main Drive Pinion Assembly into Drive Pinion Bearing Cover
6. Install the main drive pinion bearing snap ring, using suitable snap ring pliers.
Drawn cup needle bearings (spigot bearings) have a specific direction in which they must be installed. The radius end of the bearing must be installed first. The flat end of the bearing faces out. 433
The large snap ring is very difficult to compress and may fly off the snap ring pliers, causing injury.
Figure 433 — Installing Spigot Bearing and Snap Ring
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