Title:
ASSEMBLING METHOD OF DRIVE SHAFT
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2023136865
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
To provide an assembling method of a drive shaft which can suppress the impairment of a bellows shape caused by the expansion of a boot in a vacuum environment.SOLUTION: An assembling method of a drive shaft of the present invention has: a step for connecting a grease filling device to a filling port arranged at a constant velocity joint so as to communicate with the inside of an outer race; a step for bringing a boot and a periphery of the boot into a vacuum state in a state that a bleeding port for bleeding air from the inside of the boot to the constant velocity joint is opened; a step for filling grease into the boot from the filling port by the grease filling device; a step for blocking the air bleeding port; a step for returning the peripheral pressure of the boot to atmospheric pressure, and releasing the connection of the filling port and the grease filling device; and a step for blocking the filling port.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
Inventors:
FUJIKAWA MASAHITO
Application Number:
JP2022042790A
Publication Date:
September 29, 2023
Filing Date:
March 17, 2022
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP
International Classes:
F16J3/04; F16D3/20; F16D3/22; F16J15/52
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sakai International Patent Office