UCA Assembly Instructions

Owned by Vincent Wey
Last updated: Nov 19, 2020
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BOM:

Number

Component

Quantity

1

MSXIV-FSU006-UCA Tubes

2

2

MSXIV-FSU007-UCA Housing

1

3

MSXIV-FSU008-UCA Housing Cap

1

4

MSXIV-FSU010-UCA Clevis Inner

1

5

MSXIV-FSU011-UCA Clevis Outer

1

6

MSXIV-FSU017-UCA TUBE END Clevis

2

7

MSXIV-FSU017-UCA TUBE END Housing

2

8

M8x40 Screw

2

9

M8 Castle Nut

2

10

2995K320 Metric Steel Ball Joint Bearing

1

11

59935K830 Metric Ball Joint End

2

12

M8 Zinc Plated Steel Hex Nut

2

13

M1.6x0.3x5 Black-Oxide Class 12.9 Socket Head Cap Screw

6

 

Instructions:

  1. Place ball bearing [#10] into UCA housing [#2].

 

2. Place UCA housing cap [#3] on top of UCA housing [#2] and thread in M1.6 screws [6x#13] to secure.

 a) UCA housing cap [#3] made transparent to show how the bearing sits in the housing

3. Place M8 hex nut [#12] onto the threads of bearing [#11].

4. Thread the bearing [#11] onto clevis tube end [#6], adjust bearing [#11], hex nut [#12] and clevis tube end [#6] until there is one thread to the left of the nut, then tighten the nut onto the tube side (highlighted). Repeat this for the other UCA tube.

5. Follow the Tube End Welding Jig instructions to weld clevis tube end [#6] to UCA tube [#1], housing tube end [#7] to UCA tube [#1] and housing tube end [#7] to UCA housing [#2]. The highlighted faces are to be welded.

6. Repeat for second UCA tube

7. Install UCA clevis inner [#4] and UCA clevis outer [#5] to chassis.

8. Insert M8x40 screw [#8] through UCA clevis inner [#4] (or UCA clevis outer [#5]) and bearing [#11], and thread M8 castle nut [#9] onto end of bolt

9. Repeat for other clevis

10. Done