MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor

Removal
5. Remove the bolts of the covers on the top
and lower part of the stub axle. Remove the
covers and gaskets. Figure 43.
NOTE:
All models except for FC-901, FC-922, FE-
970, FF-971 and FL-901 use threaded keys.
The models FC-901, FC-922, FE-970, FF-971
and FL-901 use flat keys.
6.Remove the flat or threaded keys. Follow the
following procedure:
Removal of the Flat Key
COVER
GASKET
Figure 43
WARNINg:
Wear safety goggles. Do not strike steel parts
or tools with a steel hammer because fragments
may come off and cause injury.
a.Use a bronze hammer and a steel punch to
remove the key. Support the punch at the
smaller end (“D” profile) of the key. Figure 44.
Figure 44
Removal of the Threaded Keys
a. Loosen the lock nut until the top of the nut
is even with the end of the key.
WARNINg:
Wear safety goggles. Do not strike steel parts
or tools with a steel hammer because fragments
may come off and cause injury.
CAUTION:
FORCE MUST bE APPLIED DIRECTLy ON
THE EXTREMITy OF THE NUT EVEN WITH
THE KEy. IF FORCE IS NOT APPLIED DI-
RECTLy AT THIS LOCATION, THE KEy MAy
bE DAMAgED.
b.Use a bronze punch and a hammer to
strike the end of the nut to loosen the key.
Figure 44.
c. Remove the nut of the key. Remove the
key from the stub axle.
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