2014/08/18 Caterpillar


A New U-Cup Seal Is Used on the Front Suspension Group for Certain 785C and 785D Off-Highway Trucks {7201}

Usage:

785C APX
Off-Highway Truck:
785C (S/N: APX1-UP)
785D (S/N: DMC1-UP; MSY1-UP)
Service Magazine SEPD1836, 18 August 2014, "A New U-Cup Seal Is Used on the Front Suspension Group for Certain 785C and 785D Off-Highway Trucks". The information in this article has changed. Disregard this article. See the article that follows:

Description of Change: A new strut group is now used on the machines listed above. The new strut group includes a new sleeveless housing design, and gland to accommodate the new larger U-Cup seal design. The new seal offers increased durability and provides extended service life.

Table 1
Required Parts List    
Item     Qty     New Part Number     Description     Former Part Number    
1     1     297-1481     Housing As     106-0818    
2     1     434-4938     Gland     9T-0278    
3     1     390-6823     U-Cup Seal     329-8979    
-     1     297-1492     Front Suspension Gp     311-7785    



Illustration 1g03681321

Typical example

Front suspension group


New 297-1481 Housing As (1) replaces the former 106-0818 Housing As in the front suspension group.

New 390-6823 U-Cup Seal (3) replaces the former 329-8979 U-Cup Seal in the front suspension group.

Note: When installing the new U-Cup Seal, ensure that the opening of the U-Cup is facing the pressure cavity of the strut.New 434-4938 Gland (2) replaces the former 9T-0278 Gland in the front suspension group.

New 390-6823 U-Cup Seal is adaptable to machines and effective in production with machines that are listed in Table 2.

Table 2
Sales Model     Adaptable to Machines     Effective in Production with Machines    
785C     S/N:APX1-75001     S/N:APX75002-UP    
785D     S/N:MSY1-625     S/N:MSY626-UP    
S/N:DMC1-174 S/N:DMC175-UP    



Illustration 2g03681322

(A) 304.32 ± 0.13 mm (11.981 ± 0.005 inch) of diameter

(B) 6.0 ± 0.3 mm (0.24 ± 0.01 inch)

(C) 17.50 ± 0.10 mm (0.689 ± 0.004 inch)

Reference groove surface finish Ra = 2µm

To install the new 390-6823 U-Cup Seal (3) in adaptable machines that are listed in Table 2, 9T-0278 Gland /229-9879 Gland must be machined as per dimensions shown in Illustration 2.

The new 434-4938 Gland is not adaptable to the previous strut group numbers.

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