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on lower shaft.
10. Loosen the clamp screw on the pitman arm
1
and the clamp screw on eccentric assembly
2
.
Remove from shafts. (Figure 6)
11. Remove the two top screws securing the other
side arm. Remove side arm, shaft, and pitman
arm by pulling side arm out.
12. Remove eccentric. Remove bearing cage
3
from
the left and right sides of unit (put a pan under
rear portion of gear case to catch excess oil from
the case cavities).
13. Using a soft hammer and punch, drive the drive
shaft out the right side of the unit. Remove gear
with counter-weights by rotating and lifting gear
out through cover opening.
14. Remove the counter-weights on gear (remove
set screws to remove counter-weights).
15. Install new gear.
16. When installing counter-weights to new gear,
apply Loctite #290 or an equivalent to threads of
set screws prior to assembly. Torque screws to
25 ft-klbs (34 N·m).
17. When installing gear onto shaft, keyways on
the shaft must be centered between mounting
holes of counter-weights to ensure proper timing.
(Figure 7)
1
2
2
COUNTERWEIGHTS
.005 MAX.
END PLAY
FIGURE 7
MAINTENANCE / SERVICE
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