PIPE 2P4727 - Caterpillar

Support front drive shaft (4) with a suitable lifting device in order to prevent damage to the drive splines.
Disconnect grease tube (1) from bearing cage (3) .
Remove bolts (2) and the washers that hold bearing cage (3) and the bearing retainer to the loader frame.
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Use two people in order to remove bearing retainer (5) and bearing cage (3) from the loader frame. The combined weight of the bearing retainer and the bearing cage is approximately 25 kg (55 lb).
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Remove bolts (6) and the washers.
Remove bearing retainer (5) from bearing cage (3) .
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Remove lip seal (7) from bearing retainer (5) .
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Remove O-ring seal (8) from bearing cage (3) .
Use Tooling (A) and a suitable press to remove bearing (10) from bearing cage (3) .
Remove lip seal (9) from bearing cage (3) .Installation Procedure
Table 2
Required Tools    
Tool    Part Number    Part Description    Qty    
A     1P-0520     Driver Group     1    
B     5P-0960     Molybdenum Grease     1    
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Use Tooling (A) to install lip seal (9) in bearing cage (3). Be sure that the lip seal makes contact with the counterbore in the bearing cage.
Use Tooling (A) to install bearing (10) in bearing cage (3). Be sure that the bearing makes contact with the counterbore in the bearing cage.
Install O-ring seal (8) in bearing cage (3) .
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Use Tooling (A) to install lip seal (7) in bearing retainer (5). Be sure that the lip seal makes contact with the counterbore in the bearing retainer.
Lubricate lip seals (7) and (9) and bearing (10) with Tooling (B) .
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Install bearing retainer (5) on bearing cage (3) .
Install bolts (6) and the washers that secure bearing retainer (5) to bearing cage (3) .
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Install bearing cage (3) and bearing retainer (5) as a unit over the front drive shaft in the loader frame. The combined weight of the bearing cage and the bearing retainer is approximately 25 kg (55 lb).
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Install bolts (2) and the washers that hold bearing cage (3) and the bearing retainer to the loader frame.
Connect grease tube (1) to bearing cage (3) .
Remove the lifting device from front drive shaft (4) .End By: Install the parking brake. Refer to Disassembly and Assembly, "Parking Brake - Remove and Install".