Patent ID: 8251862

Claim:
A planetary gear carrier assembly comprising, in combination, a planetary gear carrier defining an axis and having a plurality of pairs of aligned, spaced-apart bores, a pinion receiving region between a pair of spaced-apart bores, a pinion disposed in each pinion receiving region, an anti-friction bearing disposed in each pinion, a stub shaft disposed within said anti-friction bearing and received within one of said pairs of aligned bores, said stub shaft including a planar end and a non-planar end opposite the planar end and an axial bore opening in said planar end communicating with a radial bore and a flat at said non-planar end, said radial bore oriented perpendicularly to said flat, and means for engaging said flat of said stub shaft and for maintaining said radial bore of said stub shaft in a radially outward orientation relative to said carrier axis.