MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor
MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor
MAINTENANCE MANUAL - Meritor
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Installation<br />
Reaming of the bronze and Easy Steer®<br />
bushings on the stub axle<br />
CAUTION:<br />
THE ONLy RECOMMENDED PROCEDURE<br />
IS REAMINg WITH A FIXED REAMER. DO<br />
NOT gRIND OR PERFORM bURNISHINg<br />
ON THE bUSHINgS bECAUSE THEy MAy<br />
bE DAMAgED.<br />
1. Place the stub axle in a vice with bronze jaws<br />
or other soft metal.<br />
2. See Figure 70 in regard to the dimension of<br />
the reamer.<br />
3. Guide the reamer with the pilot until the<br />
blades touch the upper bushing. Figure 66.<br />
REMOVABLE<br />
PILOT OPTIONAL<br />
MATERIAL: HIGH SPEED STEEL<br />
NUMBER OF BLADES: USE 10 - 14 BLADES<br />
TURN THE REAMER<br />
PRESSING LIGHTELY<br />
DOWNWARD<br />
Figure 70<br />
4. Turn the reamer, pressing it lightly downward.<br />
Do not apply a great deal of force. Turn<br />
the reamer gently.<br />
5.Upon finishing reaming the upper bushing,<br />
do not allow the reamer to fall on the lower<br />
bushing.<br />
6. After reaming the upper bushing, place the<br />
reamer in the lower bushing and repeat steps<br />
3 and 5. Figure 71.<br />
Figure 71<br />
7. Remove the reamer from the lower bushing. If<br />
the reamer must be removed through the upper<br />
bushing, turn it in the direction opposite to<br />
the cut.<br />
8. Clean all the material removed by the reamer<br />
that remained on the bushings.<br />
DIMENSIONS OF THE BUSHING REAMERS (see the table)<br />
REAMER<br />
MINIMUM<br />
GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR REAMERS<br />
TURN THE REAMER<br />
PRESSING LIGHTELY<br />
DOWNWARD<br />
CUT OF THE BLADES: TO THE RIGHT, SPLINE TO THE LEFT<br />
LENGTH OF THE BLADES: 63,5 MM (2,5”)<br />
Figure 72<br />
48 <strong>MAINTENANCE</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong>
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