摘要 |
For use in replacing a bearing in a machine that has a body, a shaft extending from the body, a bearing by which the shaft is mounted to the body, a wheel mounted on the shaft outside the body for rotation with the shaft, and a belt passing circumferentially around the wheel and exerting on the wheel a force that is perpendicular to the shaft, a fixture that includes a base, first means for attaching the base to the body of the machine, second means connected to the base for applying a counterforce to the wheel equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force exerted by the belt, and third means connected to the base for supporting the wheel in a fixed position with respect to the body of the machine after the counterforce has been applied and while the bearing is being replaced.
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