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Great Plains Contact Drive Wheel Update Kit User Manual

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Great Plains Mfg., Inc.

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Contact Drive Wheel Update Kit

401-465M

12/21/2006

Refer to Figure 2

2.

Drive out the roll pin

that attaches the right side

drive shaft U-joint

to the center drive shaft

.

Save the pin, unless also performing the drive shaft
update.

3.

Slide the U-joint

off the right end of the center

shaft

.

4.

If a second pin

is installed outside the bearing,

remove it as well. Save this pin.

Refer to Figure 3

5.

If pins

➀➁

are present at the insides of the center

shaft brackets, remove and save them.

Refer to Figure 4

6.

Loosen the set screws

on the retaining collar

to the right of the sprocket

to be removed.

7.

Slide the drive shaft

to the left, until the locking

collar

, and then the sprocket

, are off the end of

the shaft. Save the locking collar. The old sprocket
is not reused.

Note: If it is not possible to slide the drive shaft

far

enough to remove the collar and sprocket:
a. Mark the shaft location of the left collar

b. Loosen that collar’s set screws

c. Remove the sprocket and right collar (only)

8.

Slide the new sprocket, and then the locking collar

onto the shaft. If it was necessary to loosen the

left collar

, re-position it to the mark and tighten its

set screws.

9.

Re-insert the shaft

through all bearings and

brackets.

10. Firmly slide the locking collar

against the new

sprocket. Tighten its set screws.

11. Re-install any pins removed in steps 4 and 5.

Refer to Figure 1

12. Remount the chain.

13. Tighten idler

(previous page) until there is

3

4

in

slack in the longest chain span.

14. Skip this next step if also installing the drive shaft

update.

15. Re-insert the roll pin in the right drive shaft universal joint.

Figure 2

Disconnect Right U-Joint

25142

Figure 3

Remove Pins

25147

Figure 4

Loosen Collar

25148