Propeller shaft - front/rear - overhaul

PROPELLER SHAFT - FRONT/REAR - OVERHAUL

Service repair no - 47.15.11 - propeller shaft - front Service repair no - 47.15.12 - propeller shaft - rear

Remove

1. Remove front or rear propeller shaft as applicable. See this section.
2. Thoroughly examine universal joint for signs of damage or wear.
3. Clean universal joint bearing cups and circlips.

CAUTION: To ensure correct assembly and reduce possibility of imbalance, mark position of spider pin relative to spline yoke and tube yoke ears before removing propeller shaft joint.

4. Remove circlips.
5. Tap yokes to eject bearing cups.
6. Remove bearing cups.
7. Remove spider.
8. Clean yokes and bearing cup locations.

Refit

1. Remove bearing cups from new spider.
2. Check all needle rollers are present and positioned in bearing cups.
3. Ensure bearing cups are one-third full of lubricant. See INFORMATION, Capacities, fluids and lubricants.
4. Enter new spider with seals into ears of flange yoke or spline yoke (dependant on joint being repaired).
5. Partially insert one bearing cup into flange/spline yoke and enter spider trunnion into bearing cup.
6. Insert opposite bearing cup into flange /spline yoke.
7. Press both cups into place.
8. Press each cup into its respective yoke up to lower land of circlip groove. Damage may be caused to cups and seals if cups pass this point.
9. Fit circlips and check no end float exists.
10. Engage spider into tube yokes. Fit bearing cups and circlips as described in instructions 3 to 9.
11. Fit front or rear propeller shaft as applicable. See this section.