Most of the shafts in my gearbox are spinning in their bearings, so I plan to remove and replace all the bearings, and if the shafts are worn a bit of judicious Loctite use to secure the shafts to the bearings. The iron plugs that are secured with the setscrews in the gearbox casting are tight even when the setscrews are removed. From looking at the gearbox and gearbox drawings each shaft has one bearing cover plug with a setscrew hole in the middle and one plug without the center hole.
My best guess disassembly procedure is that the center plug is removed and a piece of aluminum rod used to tap out the opposite bearing and shaft, and then once the cap without the center hole is pushed out then the shaft can be tapped on to push out the bearing and opposite cap. Is this the procedure or is there something I am missing?
My best guess disassembly procedure is that the center plug is removed and a piece of aluminum rod used to tap out the opposite bearing and shaft, and then once the cap without the center hole is pushed out then the shaft can be tapped on to push out the bearing and opposite cap. Is this the procedure or is there something I am missing?
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