Cub Cadet Challenger 500, Service Manual

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Chassis
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Assembling the Universal Joint
1. Place the universal joint into the
yoke.
2. Apply wheel bearing grease to the
bearings and place the bearing (1)
onto the yoke.
3. Press the bearing into the universal
joint using a socket of suitable size.
Note
The bearing must be inserted far
enough into the universal joint so that
the circlip can be installed.
4. Install the circlips (2) into the
grooves in each bearing.
Assembly of the Differential Gear
1. Slide the differential gear all the
way to the right to put it into the 2
WD mode.
2. Connect two C size batteries to the
gear motor terminal (1) to rotate the
pinion gear (2) until the paint mark
(3) is aligned with the paint mark (4)
on the gear motor case.
Do not use 12V battery to operate the
gear motor.
3. Insert bolts (5) into the gear motor
(6) and use them as a guide to set
the motor on the differential gear
assembly (7) so that the sliding
gear does not move.
4. Remove the temporary bolts and
install the gear motor bolts.