Patent ID: 7640684

Claim:
A wear assembly for ground-engaging equipment comprising: a support structure fixed to the equipment and including an opening; a wear member mounted on the support structure to contact the ground during operation of the equipment to protect the equipment from wear, the wear member having (i) a cavity for receiving the support structure, the cavity having a longitudinal axis along which the support structure is moved into the cavity, and (ii) a hole extending through one wall of the wear member in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the cavity, the hole being in communication with the cavity and generally aligning with the opening in the support structure; a retainer mounted within the hole of the wear member, the retainer being free of the opening of the support structure such that the wear member can be mounted on the support structure with the retainer already received within the hole, the retainer including a threaded bore, an inner end proximate the cavity, and an opposite outer end, the inner end being wider than the outer end to resist movement of the retainer outward through the hole; and a threaded pin member threadedly received through the threaded bore of the retainer and having a free end extending into the opening of the support structure to releasably secure the wear member to the support structure.