Ford Sierra

7.3. Repair of the intermediate bearing

THE GENERAL DATA

Removal of the intermediate bearing

1 – the case of the intermediate bearing, 2 – a lock ring, 3 – a bolt,

4 – the intermediate bearing, 5 – the crosswise hinge, 6 – an adjusting U-shaped plate

Dismantling

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. To remove propeller a shaft. 2. To unclench a safety lining and to unscrew a bolt of fastening of plugs of the crosswise hinge. To remove aside an adjusting U-shaped plate, having designated at first its position. 3. To disconnect plugs of the crosswise hinge and to remove from a shaft a protective casing together with the case of the intermediate bearing. 4. By means of a universal two-humeral stripper to remove from a shaft the bearing together with a casing and a sealing ring.

Assemblage

PERFORMANCE ORDER

1. Space between the bearing and a protective casing to fill with universal greasing. 2. To establish the bearing together with a casing on a shaft by means of the plug of the corresponding diameter (the red party of the bearing should be directed to plugs of the near crosswise hinge). 3. To put on the case with a protective casing the bearing established on a shaft. 4. To insert plugs of the crosswise hinge. 5. A bolt of fastening of plugs together with a lining protecting from its unscrewing to screw up in a forward shaft and to tighten it so that it was possible to insert an adjusting U-shaped plate. 6. To connect both parts карданного a shaft, establishing plugs of hinges on its both ends in one plane. Default of this condition does not provide balancing of a shaft and causes strong vibration. 7. To establish an U-shaped plate, to tighten a connecting bolt the necessary moment and to fix it from unscrewing, having bent a safety lining. 8. To establish propeller a shaft.