Install New Seals and Bearings
1.Make sure all parts are clean prior to installing bear- ings and seals.
2.Install inner seals onto both ends of the roller shaft (if previously installed).
3.Press both bearing cups into the roller. Make sure narrow end of taper faces inside of the roller.
4.Keep roller level and secured roller in a vise.
5.If assembling a full roller, fill the inside of roller tube with 6 oz. of SAE 90 oil.
6.Pack both bearing cones with No. 2 general pur- pose lithium base grease.
7.Install a bearing cone into the bearing cup at each end of the roller shaft. Then install shim washer if it was previously installed.
8.Install outer seal onto each end of the roller shaft. Make sure hard surface of seal faces out.
9.Slide the roller shaft through the roller.
10.Install remaining adjustment nut and tighten it to seat both bearings. Roller should be rotated to seat both bearings.
11.Back off both adjustment nuts to allow the roller to spin freely. Tighten both adjustment nuts again to a max- imum of 5 in±lb (5.8 kg±cm) rolling torque with no bear- ing end play.
12.Grease both bearings (see Greasing Bearings, Bushings, and Pivot Points ).
Cutting Units
Reelmaster 2300±D/2600±D | Page 7 ± 21 | Cutting Units |
