HMM160001
Steering Axle
H1.5-1.8TX, H2.0TXS [B475];
H2.0-3.5TX [B466]
Safety Precautions Maintenance
and Repair
• When lifting parts or assemblies, make sure all slings, chains, or cables are correctly fastened, and that
the load being lifted is balanced. Make sure the crane, cables, and chains have the capacity to support the
weight of the load.
• Do not lift heavy parts by hand, use a lifting mechanism.
• Wear safety glasses.
• Disconnect the battery ground cable on internal combustion lift trucks.
• Always use correct blocks to prevent the unit from rolling or falling. See HOW TO PUT THE LIFT TRUCK
ON BLOCKS in the Operating Manual or the Periodic Maintenance section.
• Keep the unit clean and the working area clean and orderly.
• Use the correct tools for the job.
• Keep the tools clean and in good condition.
• Always use HYSTER APPROVED parts when making repairs. Replacement parts must meet or exceed
the specifications of the original equipment manufacturer.
• Make sure all nuts, bolts, snap rings, and other fastening devices are removed before using force to
remove parts.
• Always fasten a DO NOT OPERATE tag to the controls of the unit when making repairs, or if the unit
needs repairs.
• Be sure to follow the WARNING and CAUTION notes in the instructions.
• Gasoline, Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG), and Diesel fuel are flammable. Be sure to follow the necessary
safety precautions when handling these fuels and when working on these fuel systems.
• Batteries generate flammable gas when they are being charged. Keep fire and sparks away from the area.
Make sure the area is well ventilated.
NOTE: The following symbols and words indicate safety information in this manual:
WARNING
Indicates a condition that can cause immediate death or injury!
CAUTION
Indicates a condition that can cause property damage!
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GENERAL
This section has the description and repair procedures for the steering axle. See the following
sections for additional information on the parts of the steering system: Steering Control Unit,
Hydraulic System and Gear Pumps, Hydraulic System, and Steering System.
The steering axle assembly includes an axle frame, steering cylinder, and two spindle and hub
assemblies. See Figure 1. The steering axle is articulated and is connected to the frame by
center pivot mounts.
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TRAIL AXLE
[1] General
The trail axle is supported by the articulating support on the rear center of the frame.
Rubber is mounted on the support to mitigate the shock from the road surface.
This is referred to as the center support swing type. Tilting of the body in the lateral direction
due to the road surface state can be prevented and mitigation of the torsion force to the frame is
attempted.
The axle body has a welded construction and steering knuckles are attached to both ends. The
hub and wheel are attached to the spindle of the knuckle and the intermediate link is coupled with
the arm of the knuckle.
Power cylinder operation turns the knuckle around the kingpin via the intermediate link to turn the
wheel inside/outside.
To correct the knob run-out of the full hydrostatic power steering unit, the potentiometer attached
to the kingpin on the right side of the vehicle detects the rotational angle of the steertire and
transmits signals to the controller. The controller compares the tire angle with steering wheel
rotational angle sent from the sensor in steering column area for optimum control. See the section
Steering Housing and Control Unit.
[2] Specifications
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[3] Construction
NOTE) Steering axle for H1.5-1.8TX, H2.0TXS shown in this figure.
Figure 1. Steering Axle
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1. TRAIL AXLE WLDMT 26. PLATE RING
2. POWER CYLINDER ASS’Y 27. BRACKET SENSOR
3. FITTING O-RING 28. O-RING
4. FITTING O-RING 29. PIN
5. BOLT 30. HEAD BOLT
6. WASHER 31. SENSOR STEERING
7. KNUCKLE 32. SCREW
8. KNUCKLE 33. PLATE WLDMT
9. INTERMEDIATE LINK 34. HEXAGON FLANGE NUT
10. PIN 35. GASKET
11. BUSHING LINK 36. PLATE
12. SCREW 37. OIL SEAL
13. NUT HEX 38. TAPER ROLLER BEARING
14. LUBE FITTING 39. HUB
15. LUBE FITTING 40. BEARING
16. OIL SEAL 41. WASHER
17. NEEDLE 42. CASTLE NUT
18. PIN KING 43. PIN, COTTER
19. PIN KING 44. CAP HUB
20. BEARING 45. BOLT HUB
21. SET SCREW SOCKET 46. NUT HUB
22. NUT HEX 47. RUBBER PLATE
23. SHIM WASHER (T=0.2) 48. HEAD BOLT
24. SHIM WASHER (T=0.5) 49. RUBBER CUSHION
25. GASKET SENSOR
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(1) Removal
1. Stop the vehicle on a flat road surface and turn off the key switch. Activate the parking brake
and apply wheel stoppers to the front wheels.
2. Remove the counter-weight.
3. Remove two hydraulic pipes connected to the power cylinder
4. Lift the body with a jack to a degree that wheels are slightly apart from the floor surface and
put a wooden base below the frame.
5. From the articulating support for the trail axle, loosen 4 bolts (two bolts each for the front and
rear) and remove the cap. At the same time, take out the trail axle assembly calmly onto the
ground.
(2) Disassembly
1. Put a wooden base below the trail axle body so that wheels will be slightly apart from the
floor surface.
2. Remove the cushion rubber from the articulating shaft.
3. Remove the hub nut and then remove wheels.
4. Remove the hub cap with a screw driver, pull of the split pin, and remove the nut and washer.
Then, remove the hub from the knuckle along with the outer bearing and inner bearing.
5. Remove the oil seal.
6. If necessary, knock the bearing outer lace from the hub by fitting a brass bar softer than the
bearing roller or outer lace.
7. Loosen the lock nuts and setscrews on both sides of the intermediate link.
8. Remove pins connecting power cylinders and knuckle arms on both sides of the intermediate
link.
9. Remove the intermediate link.
10. Remove the upper and lower plates on the knuckle attachment.
11. Remove the sensor steering on the tops of the right-side kingpin along with the bracket
sensor and then remove the plate ring, O-ring, and pin.
12. Remove the sensor steering from the bracket sensor. Remove the plate welding from the
shaft of the sensor steering.
When loosening the nut, press the sensor plate welding so that an excessive force will not be
applied to the sensor shaft and then remove the nut.
13. Remove the knuckle and kingpin stopper bolt.
14. Fit a soft brass bar, knock the kingpin down, and remove the knuckle. In this case, do not
drop the thrust bearing and shim because they are removed at the same time.
15. Remove the needle bearing remaining on the trail axle. Knock out the needle bearing by
using a special tool.
16. Remove the power cylinder from the axle body.
(3) Check
Wash and check the disassembled parts. Correct or replace parts as necessary.
1. Each bearing’s lace surface wear, flaws, other damage, and rotation state
2. Oil seal lip damage or material degradation
3. Knuckle spindle flaws, deformation, and thread damage
4. Kingpin wear
[B475] [B466]
Reference outside diameter: 25 mm 28 mm
Use limit dimension: 24.8 mm 27.8 mm
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5. D e t e r i o ra t i o n o f t h e r u bb e r o n t h e
articulating shaft
Reference hole dimensions:
See Fig. 3.
If the permanent set is extremely large,
replacement is required.
6. R u bb e r p l a t e d a m a g e, c ra ck s a n d
permanent set of rubber (See Figure 4.)
For permanent set of rubber, the rubber
mating surface is smaller than the stopper
boss upper surface, the rubber does
not function. Therefore, replacement is
Fig. 3
required.
7. Intermediate link bending, wear and
cracks
8. Pin, link bending, wear and cracks
Reference outside diameter :17mm
Use limit dimension :16.8mm
9. Bush, wear and damage.
Reference inside diameter :17mm
Use limit dimension :17.2mm
10. Trail axle body breakage and cracks
11. Tire and wheel damage, abnormal wear
and cracks
12. Sensor steering damage
13. Wear of the pin on the plate welding
Fig. 4
14. Power cylinder piston bending, wear and
damage.
(4) Assembly and combining
After check is completed, clean the parts
again, assemble them and combine with the
vehicle body.
1. Knock 4 needle bearings onto the trail
axle body. Grease sufficiently.
Fit the bearing with its punched side
facing the knuckle.
Knock the oil seal on the lower sides of
the right and left. Note that the lip should Fig. 5
be outside in knocking. (See Figure 5.)
2. Combine the knuckle with the trail axle
body. Combine the thrust bearing on the
top of the knuckle, insert the shim below
the knuckle, and knock in the kingpin.
Adjust end play of the knuckle within the
range given below by selective use of
shims.
ADVICE
Take care not to assemble the thrust bearing
in a wrong direction. (See the figure.)
Knuckle end play: 0.2 mm
Fig. 6
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Adjusting shim
H1.5–1.8TX, H2.0TXS
Part number Thickness (mm) Quantity
2026738 0.2 As required
Shim
2023009 0.5 As required
Adjusting shim
H2.0–3.5TX
Part number Thickness (mm) Quantity
2027686 0.2 As required
Shim
2027687 0.5 As required
3. Fix the king pin hole and knuckle screw hole with an alignment lock bolt and then fix with the
lock nut.
4. Combine the plate welding with the sensor steering.
In this case, check the setting directions of the plate welding and sensor steering.
5. Knock in the pin on the top of the trail axle boss and combine parts between the gasket and
bracket sensor.
6. Turn the knuckle fully clockwise to facilitate sensor installation.
7. Combine the sensor while making sure that the pin of the plate welding is accurately fitted
into the slit of the kingpin.
ADVICE
To check fitting into the slit, make sure that sliding is only possible in the slit direction when
the sensor is put on the upper surface of the trail axle boss.
8. Fit the gasket and plates onto the top and bottom of the kingpin. Grease sufficiently before
fitting the plates.
9. Combine the power cylinder with the trail axle and tighten 4 bolts.
Tightening torque: 294 to 353 Nm (3,000 to 3,600 kg·cm)
10. Combine the intermediate link and pin link. Grease the pin link before combining. If it is hard
to combine the pin, adjust tilting of the power cylinder.
11. Fix the pin link hole and knuckle screw hole with an alignment lock bolt and then fix with the
lock nut.
12. With a brass bar for fitting, knock in the inner bearing outer lace and outer bearing outer lace
alternately onto the hub.
13. Fit the inner bearing inner lace onto the hub and then coat Loctite around the oil seal. Knock
in the grease coated one into the groove.
14. Fill the grease groove in the hub with grease and combine the hub assembly with the spindle.
After combining, knock in the outer bearing inner lace.
15. Insert the washer and tighten the grooved low-profile nut. For sufficient tightening, knock the
hub in the axial direction.
Make sure that tightening is sufficient and then loosen the grooved low-profile nut.
Grease the washer contact surface of the grooved low-profile nut and re-tighten it to give the
specified pre-load to the bearing. The bearing pre-load is controlled by measuring the hub
rotation torque.
Hub rotation torque: 3 to 5 Nm (30 to 35 kgf·cm)
When the specified torque is obtained, fix the nut with the split pin.
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16. Coat the sealant (pipe joint compound No. 51) on the hub cap and combine it.
17. Insert the rubber onto the articulating shaft.
18. Attach the rubber plate on the upper surface of the trail body.
19. Attach the wheel assembly to the hub.
Hub nut tightening torque: See [2] Specifications.
20. Remove the trail axle assembly from the wooden base and move it by rolling. Attach to the
body frame and tighten the cap temporarily.
If it is hard to fit the rubber into the frame, coat soap water around the rubber for easier fitting.
21. Lower the vehicle body to the ground and tighten the cap.
Cap bolt tightening torque: 41 to 49 Nm (417 to 500 kgf·cm)
22. Combine the joint with the power cylinder and connect the hydraulic piping. For air bleeding
from the power steering unit, lock-to-lock operation of the power cylinder is performed. The
lock-to-lock operation should be repeated until air bleeding is completed. For whether air
bleeding is completed or not, push and pull the tire in the state that the tire is above the
ground by putting a wooden base below the trail axle assembly. It is hard to turn the tire if air
is completely bled from the power steering unit.
23. Check the hydraulic piping for oil leak.
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