Spicer Drive Axles Service Manual Wheel Reduction Drive Axles (EA-50) - Manual (Page 20)

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Wheel Hub Components Disassembly
Sun Gear and Axle Shaft
1. Disengage snap ring at wheel end of axle
shaft.
2. Pull sun gear off axle shaft spine.
Planetary Carrier
1. Drive idler pinion pin out of planetary
carrier using a brass hammer or drift. Drive
pin from back of planetary carrier out
through the front (locking ball end of pin
should emerge from carrier first).
CAUTION: THE IDLER PINION PIN
IS HARDERNED STEEL AND SHOULD
NOT ABE STRUCK BY A STEEL
HAMMER.
2. Remove pinion locking ball from idler
pinion pin.
3. Remove thrust washers from planetary
carrier.
4. Remove planetary gear from carrier.
5. Remove bearing rollers and spacer from
inside planetary gear.
NOTE: The WR10 and 12 models have two
locking balls