Meritor MM-0164 Maintenance Manual page 77

3 Part 3 - Traditional wheel end with 3-4 planets
Spindle fitted with screws
Fig. 3.24
Fig. 3.25
Fig. 3.26
25. Locate the ring gear carrier into position. Assembly ring gear
group. - Fig. 3.24
NOTE
: If available, use a lifting tool
WARNING:
Do not damage the thread of the wheel end spindle.
26. Install and tighten wheel-bearing nut, while rotating wheel
back & forth. Further rotate wheel (3) revolutions each
direction alternating fwd/rev. Mark nut position and retighten
it.
If nut turns, repeat previous step until nut no longer turns
when retightened. Use a torque wrench on wheel end.
The torque of the new nut wheel should be 64 ± 20Nm.
Fig. 3.25
Alternative method: applied as present in the picture here
below. In this test modality, the linear force range should be
10 ÷ 28N. - Fig. 3.26
NOTE
: If the torque is outside the spec, return at the previous
point and readjust it.
27. When the wheel end torque is in the specification use a
staking tool to stake nut lip into keyway in spindle.
Fig. 3.27
Fig. 3.27
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