>> P.330
I17â– MountingMakethecenteraxisofthemountingholeperpendiculartothemovingdirectionoftheCamFollowerandmatchthesideshoulderaccuratelywiththeseatingsurfaceindicatedbydimensionfinthetableofdimensions.(SeeFig.1)Thechamferedmountingholeshouldbeassmallaspossible(C0.5orso).WhenmountingCamFollowers,donothittheflangeheadoftheCamFollowerdirectlywithahammer,etc.Thismayleadtoabearingfailuresuchasirregularrotationorcracking.IftheCamFollowerouterringisnotingoodcontactwiththematingrunningsurfacethenwerecommenduseofacrownedouterringtype.Fig.1SeatingsurfaceOilHoleLoadFig.2OilholepositionandloadingdirectionThemarkontheflangeheadofthestudindicatesthepositionoftheoilholeontheraceway.Avoidlocatingtheoilholewithintheloadingzone.Thismayleadtoashortbearinglife.(SeeFig.2.)Theholelocatedinthemiddlepartofthestudperpendiculartothestudcenteraxisisusedforgreasingorlocking.12WhenmountingCamFollowers,fixinplacebyholdingthehexagonholeorscrewdriverslotwithahexwrenchorslottedscrewdriveranduseawrenchtotightenonanut.(SeeFig.3.1)Ifmountingbyturningthehexagonholeorscrewdriverslotitself,thehexagonholeorscrewdriverslotoftheCamFollowermaybecomedamaged.WhenmountingShortStudCamFollowers,fixthededicatedflangenutasarotationstopperwithawrenchorhexwrench,andthentightenthehexagonsocketheadboltbyrotatingwithahexwrench.(SeeFig.3.2andFig.3.3)3Whentighteningthenut,thetighteningtorqueshouldnotexceedthevaluesshowninthetableofdimensions.Ifthetighteningtorqueistoolarge,itispossiblethatthethreadedportionofthestudwillbebroken.Whenthereisapossibilityofloosening,aspecialnutsuchasalocknut,springwasher,orself-lockingnutshouldbeused.4Fig.3.1MethodsofmountingFig.3.2WhenstoppingflangenutrotationwithawrenchFig.3.3Whenstoppingflangenutrotationwithahexwrench