26 11 090 Removing And Installing/Replacing Front Centering Mount For Propeller Shaft

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Special tools required:

00 5 500 HANDLE FOR DRIFTS
11 1 310 . See Fig 1.
11 2 030 . See Fig 2.

Necessary preliminary tasks:

Remove propeller shaft . See 26 11 000 REMOVING AND INSTALLING PROPELLER SHAFT (CARDAN UNIVERSAL JOINT) COMPLETELY .

Completely fill centering bore (1) with viscous grease.

Drive special tool 11 1 310 with a plastic hammer into centering bore. See Fig 1.

The centering mount (1) is forced out of the propeller shaft by the pressure on the grease filling.

If necessary, top up grease repeatedly.

NOTE: To drive out the mount, you can also fill the centering bore with water instead of grease.

Fig 1: Identifying Special Tools (11 1 310)

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Installation:

Remove grease/water from mount bore.

Drive in centering mount (1) with special tools 11 2 030 and 00 5 500 into propeller shaft (observe protrusion). See Fig 2.

Grease centering mount.

Fig 2: Identifying Special Tools (11 2 030 And 00 5 500)

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Installation:

Observe protrusion A = 4⁺² mm of centering (1).

Fig 3: Identifying Centering Mount

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