GROUP 2 FRONT AND REAR AXLE
1. PREPARATION
1) Clean the area of dirt and debris.
2) Block the loader securely with four wheels
clear of the ground.
3) Remove the belly pan.
4) Remove the wheels on the side of the
machine that the travel motor is to be
removed on.
5) Remove the final drive lubricating oil drain
plug at the front of the final drive housing
and allow the oil to drain completely.
6) Remove the final drive inspection plate
cover between the axles on the final drive
housing.
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2. REMOVAL OF THE AXLE
1) Remove the front axle cover and gasket or
the rear wheel locking pin housing and
gasket from the inside of the final drive
housing.
2) Remove the split pin, nut and washer from
the axle.
3) Using a special axle puller tool, remove the Axle
axle and the outer bearing cone.
The cone will come along with the axle.
The outer bearing cup, inner bearing cup
and cone and sprocket will remain inside
the housing.
Axle
puller
4) Remove sprocket and inner bearing cone
through the inspection cover opening.
5) Remove the chain(Front, rear) through the
inspection cover opening.
6) Remove the outer bearing cups with an
inside bearing puller or brass punch. Use
Outer bearing
care if using the brass punch.
7) Carefully punch out the inner bearing cup.
8) Using a bearing puller, remove the outer
bearing cone from the axle.
Oil seal
9) Remove and discard oil seal.
3. CLEANING AND INSPECTION
1) Clean the bearing cones and cups in a
cleaning solvent.
2) Remove all grease from the bore in the axle
housing.
3) Inspect the bearing cones and cups for flat
areas, pitting, scoring and other damage.
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4. REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT
1) Replace oil seal with a new one.
2) Replace bearing cones and cups if they
have flat areas, are pitted, scored or
damaged.
※ If a bearing cone or cup is damaged, both
parts must be replaced at the same time.
5. INSTALL OF THE AXLE
Outer
1) Shrink-fit bearing cups into the housing by bearing
refrigerating or cooling before pressing
Oil seal
them into place.
2) Lubricate the new oil seal and install it, seal
part number facing the flange end of the
axle, on the seal surface of the axle.
3) Heat or press the outer axle bearing cone Seal part Axle
onto the axle. Be sure the bearing is fully number
seated.
※ If the bearing cone is heated, use an
induction type heater(Hot plate).
4) When the bearing has cooled, pack it with Bearing
race Axle
multi purpose lithium bass grease. Inner
Oil seal
bearing
5) Fill oil into the front and rear axle housing.
(SAE 10W-30)
・Oil quantity : 10.5ℓ(2.8U.S.gal) Inner
bearing
seat
6) Install the axle assembly in the housing.
7) Pack the inner bearing cone with bearing
grease. Outer
bearing
8) Reach through the inspection cover
opening and install the inner bearing cone
on the axle. Be sure it is seated properly in
the cup.
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9) Reach through the inspection cover
opening and install and sprocket on the
axle. The hub end of the sprocket must Srpocket
Bearing
race Axle
face the flange end of the axle. Oil seal
Inner
bearing
10) Place a bolt through the hole in the axle
flange to prevent the axle from turning.
11) Apply a gasket sealer to the outside of seal. Inner
bearing
seat
12) Install washer and nut.
13) Torque nut as close to 76lbf・ft(103Nm)
possible without backing off the nut to align Outer
the split pin holes. bearing
Do not back off the nut.
14) Install a split pin through torqued nut.
15) Secure the inspection cover and gasket to
the final drive housing with four nuts.
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