Install Reel
1.Inspect bearings and replace if worn or damaged.
2.Make sure bearing seating surfaces and threads on reel shaft ends are clean. Apply anti±seize lubricant to both bearing seating surfaces.
3.Align reel inside the cutting unit with the bearing housing holes. The reel must be positioned so that the grooved end of the shaft (left±hand threads) is on the left side of the cutting unit (Fig. 26).
4.Clean inside of the bearing housing before instal- ling.
5.Install bearing into bearing housing as follows:
A.Load bearing through loading grooves.
B.Position bearing so its outer grease holes will be 90_ to the loading grooves.
C.Rotate bearing inside of the housing so the ex- tended part of the inner race is facing the inside of the housing.
6.Side the bearings and bearing housings onto the reel shaft.
7.On earlier production models, make sure bearing housings are installed with the grease fittings pointing to the front of the cutting unit.
8.Secure bearing housings and bearings on the reel shaft ends and cutting unit with the capscrews. Alternate evenly between capscrews when when tightening.
9.Degrease threaded end of male couplings and reel shaft. Make sure grease is completely removed
A.Apply removable Loctite 242 or equivalent to the threads.
B.Do not get Loctite on the bearing seal.
10.Screw male coupling (RH) from the reel. This cou- pling is right hand threaded.
11.Screw male coupling (LH) from the reel. This cou- pling is left hand threaded.
12.Torque both couplings from 55 to 65 ft±lb
(7.6 to 9.0 kg±m).
13.Install front roller to cutting unit (see Roller Removal and Installation).
14.Install bedbar assembly to cutting unit (see Bedbar Removal and Installation).
15.Complete cutting unit set±up and adjustment se- quence (see Adjustments section).
16.Grease both bearings (see Greasing Bearings, Bushings, and Pivot Points ).
Cutting Units
Reelmaster 2300±D/2600±D | Page 7 ± 23 | Cutting Units |
