KIT-SECTION 9T8918 - Caterpillar

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Remove sun gear (4) from carrier assembly (3).
Drive spring pin (6) into planetary shaft (5) with a hammer and a punch.
Remove planetary shaft (5), thrust washers (9), and planetary gear (7) from the carrier assembly.
Remove bearing (8) from planetary gear (7).
Remove spring pin (6) from planetary shaft (5) with a hammer and a punch.
Repeat Steps 7.a through 7.e to remove the other three planetary gears from the carrier assembly.
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Remove retaining ring (10) with a screwdriver. Remove gear (11) from carrier (3).
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Remove retaining ring (12) from gear (11).
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Remove retaining ring (15) that holds carrier assembly (13) in position.
Remove spacer (14) from carrier assembly (13).
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Slide a piece of steel bar stock between the planetary gears in carrier assembly (13), as shown. Make sure that the steel bar stock is centered in the carrier assembly. Fasten Tooling (B) and a suitable lifting device to the steel bar stock, as shown. Slowly lift carrier assembly (13) from the swing drive housing. The weight of carrier assembly (13) is approximately 39 kg (86 lb).
Use the following procedure to disassemble carrier assembly (13).
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Drive spring pin (16) into planetary shaft (17) with a hammer and a punch.
Remove planetary shaft (17), thrust washers (20), and planetary gear (18) from the carrier assembly.
Remove bearings (19) from planetary gear (18).
Remove spring pin (16) from planetary shaft (17) with a hammer and a punch.
Repeat Steps 11.a through 11.d to remove the other three planetary gears from the carrier assembly.
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Use two people to remove ring gear (21) from the swing drive housing. The weight of the ring gear is approximately 39 kg (86 lb).
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Use Tooling (C) to remove retaining ring (22).
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Loosen, but do not remove bolts (23) that secure cage (24) to the swing drive housing.
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Place swing drive housing (25) in a suitable press, as shown. The combined weight of the swing drive housing (25), the pinion shaft (28) and the bearing cage (24) is approximately 136 kg (300 lb).
Place suitable cribbing directly under the pinion shaft to prevent pinion shaft (28) from falling when cage (24) is pressed out of the swing drive housing.
Remove and discard bolts (23) that secure cage (24) to the swing drive housing. Carefully press cage (24) and pinion shaft (28) as a unit out of swing drive housing (25). Discard pinion shaft (28), cage (24), bearing (29), sleeve (27), and bearing (26) as an assembly.