Patent ID: 9677620
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: E02F,F15B,F16C,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of installing bearings into a lift cylinder yoke bore comprising the steps of: a. attaching a threaded rod onto a threaded bushing; b. inserting the threaded rod attached to the threaded bushing into the lift cylinder yoke bore; c. inserting a pin into an opening in the threaded bearing, after removing a yoke keeper pin from the opening, and securing the pin in place within a distal end of the lift cylinder yoke bore; d. inserting a first bearing onto the threaded rod, where the first bearing has a first diameter; e. attaching a first push plate to the threaded rod; f. attaching a hydraulic push cylinder behind the first push plate onto the threaded rod; g. connecting a washer and a nut to the threaded rod; h. activating the hydraulic push cylinder to push the first push plate and the first bearing along the threaded rod; i. continuing to push the first push plate into the first bearing until the first bearing is seated into the bore; j. removing the nut, washer, hydraulic push cylinder, and first push plate from the threaded rod; k. placing a second bearing over the threaded rod where the second bearing has a second diameter; l. placing a second push plate onto the threaded rod; m. re-attaching the hydraulic push cylinder, washer and nut; n. pushing the second push plate along the threaded rod by activating the hydraulic push cylinder until the second bearing is seated into the lift cylinder yoke bore; o. removing the nut, washer, hydraulic push cylinder, and second push plate from the threaded rod; and p. pulling the pin from a side of lift cylinder yoke bore and removing the threaded rod with threaded bushing attached.