Got some more parts on!
Today I did the crank gear carrier.
These are the related parts.
I lacked a wrench thin enough to hold the jam nut on the carrier, so I held the gear with some cloth covered channel locks. These nuts were still loose from parts washing disassembly. Be careful in the tightening, the shaft should spin freely after the nuts are cinched up.
Next the adjusting shaft can be slid into the carrier. This is the shaft by which you adjust ram stroke length.
Oil has been applied to the bushings inside.
Next there are a few small parts on the end of the shaft. First is a spacer. The chamfer faces out to clear the adjacent gear.
The small woodruff key and gear go on next.
And it's topped off by a lock washer and nut. This sub-assembly is now ready for installation.
The carrier bearing housing gets bolted on with six bolts/lock washers. Make sure the oil hole faces upwards toward the ram.
All tightened up.
Now the carrier is slid into place through the access door in the opposite side of the column. Somehow you must hold the carrier in place while you press the outer bearing onto the carrier shaft. In my case I used a small length of 2x4 and a piece of 3/4" plywood to wedge the carrier in place. This allowed me to tap the bearing home with a piece of PVC pipe. You can't really see the carrier in the pic below but it's being wedged up to the left side by the wood.
With the carrier wedged in place the bearing is tapped onto the shaft and into its race.
Carrier installed! It's easy to feel when the bearing bottoms out. There should be no play at this point.
Now it's ready for the crank gear and its related parts.