TUBE AS 3713059 - Caterpillar

1. Remove four bolts (1), and disconnect the front drive shaft from the front differential. 2. Disconnect the center drive shaft from yoke (2), and set it aside.3. Remove the bolts that fasten the front drive shaft and carrier bearing to the front frame.4. Install two 3/8"-16 NC forcing screws (3), and tighten them evenly until front drive shaft and carrier bearing (4) can be removed from the machine.5. Install the front drive shaft and carrier bearing in the reverse order of removal.6. Tighten bolts (1) that fasten the front drive shaft to the front differential and the bolts that fasten the center drive shaft to yoke (2) to a torque of 58 8 N m (43 6 lb.ft.).END BY:a. separation of steering frame lock linkDisassemble Drive Shaft and Carrier Bearing (Front)
START BY:a. remove drive shaft and carrier bearing (front) 1. Loosen retainer (1). Remove yoke assembly (3) from tube assembly (2). 2. Remove cotter pin (4). Remove nut (5) from the tube assembly.3. Remove yoke (6). 4. Remove retainer (7) from the cage. 5. Remove O-ring seal (9) and lip seal (8) from retainer (7). 6. Remove spacer (10) from the tube assembly. 7. Use a press to remove tube assembly (2) from the bearings in cage (11). 8. Remove spacer (12) from the tube assembly. 9. Remove two metal washers (13) and seal washer (14) from the tube assembly. 10. Remove lip seal (15) from bearing cage (11). 11. Use a press and tooling (A) to remove bearing cups (16) and bearing cones (17) from cage (11).Assemble Drive Shaft And Carrier Bearing (Front)
1. Put 5P960 Multipurpose Type Grease in the bearing cones. Use a press and tooling (A) to install the bearing cups and bearing cones in bearing cage (1). 2. Use tooling (A) to install the lip seal in cage (1). Install the seal with the lip toward the top of the cage. Install the seal 2.3 mm (.090 in.) below the surface of cage (1). Put 5P960 Multipurpose Type Grease on the lip of the seal. 3. Install two metal washers (3) and seal washer (2) on the tube assembly. Put a metal washer on each side of the seal washer. 4. Install spacer (4) on the tube assembly. 5. Put the yoke in position under the bearings in cage (1). Use a press and the yoke to install the assembly (5) in the bearings of cage (1). 6. Use tooling (B) to install the lip seal in retainer (6). Install the seal with the lip toward the bottom of the retainer. Put 5P960 Multipurpose Type Grease on the lip of the seal. 7. Install spacer (7) on the tube assembly.8. Install O-ring seal (8) on the retainer.9. Put retainer (6) in position on the cage. 10. Put yoke (9) in position on the tube assembly. 11. Install washer (11) and nut (12) on the tube assembly. Tighten the nut to a torque of 570 80 N m (420 60