Blade Carrier Installation - Schulte GX-130 Operator's Manual

Blade Carrier Installation

Clean the taper and splines on both the blade carrier
and output shaft. Castle nuts and cotter pins are used
to tighten the cutter pans to the splined shaft on the
cutter gearboxes. A cone washer is used between the
nut and the gearbox main shaft. The washer must
cone down towards the nut. A flat washer may be
required if the hole on the shaft and the slots on the
castle nut do not line up.
The slots on the underside of the blade carrier must
line up with the hole on the gearbox shaft so the cotter
key can be inserted. To aid in alignment, mark a line
on the bottom of the gearbox shaft, parallel with the
cotter key hole.
Rotate the blade carrier until the slots are parallel to
the mark. The pan may need to be spun 180° so the
splines match.
A 2-1/16" socket can be used to torque the M36 nut to
600 ft-lbs(814 Nm) dry assembly. Strike the carrier on
the hub several times with a heavy hammer to seat
the hub. Use a suitable spacer over the nut to prevent
damage to the nut and threads. Retighten the nut to
600 ft-lbs(814 Nm) dry assembly. Install new cotter
pins when retightening these nuts.
It is important that the retaining nut be checked after a
few hours of operation then periodically. Retightened
if necessary.
AVOID PERSONAL INJURY. DO NOT work under cutter without support blocks to keep the
frame from falling. Mnt-R-0006 str
GX-130 04/23
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