Patent ID: 8464413

Claim:
An apparatus for replacing a robot gear reducer mounted in a robot casing, comprising: a bracket adapted to be attached to the robot casing; a sleeve disposed on the bracket so as to be spaced from and aligned with the gear reducer when the bracket is attached to the robot casing; a guide bearing slidably received in the sleeve; and a mounting plate for attaching a first end of the guide bearing to the gear reducer, the mounting plate comprising: a planar body; a guide bearing securing portion for attaching to the first end of the guide bearing, the guide bearing securing portion configured to removably attach to the first end of the guide bearing; and a gear reducer securing portion adapted to be bolted to the gear reducer, wherein the mounting plate guide bearing securing portion is a circular opening with a spacer projecting therefrom, wherein the opening and the spacer cooperate to define a threaded inner surface, and wherein the guide bearing first end is threaded so as to threadedly engage the threaded inner surface of the opening and the spacer of the mounting plate.