摘要 |
A method of assembling a gearbox, the gearbox (100) comprising a forward casing (116), centre casing (118), and rearward casing (120); an input shaft (111); first and second gear shafts (122, 124); bearings in forward and rearward casings to locate respective shaft ends; and a spacer (128, Fig. 3b ) designed to reduce the amount of inactive oil in said gearbox; the method comprising the steps of: locating the first and second gear shafts (122, 124) and the spacer (128) into bearings in the rearward casing (120); and lowering the centre casing (118) over the resulting assembly; also connecting the front casing (116) to the centre casing (118), spacer (128), input shaft (111) and first and second gear shafts (122, 124). The centre casing (118) may be combined with the front casing (116) or rear casing (120). The gearbox may also be assembled from front to rear, or rear to front. Advantage is simple manufacture.
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