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Ball Stud Bearing Installation and Removal Tooling Kit to suit Caterpillar 785, 789 and 793 Haul Trucks

Steering Arms

OEM Ref: Original Design Geo Ref: 11542927

Specialised Tooling refers to the development and production of custom tooling that has the sole purpose of improving safety and reducing the time it takes to install and remove mining equipment components.

Designed for OEM mining machines and manufactured in quality accredited facilities to ISO-9001 standards, Specialised Tooling brings significant safety benefits and cost savings to maintenance operations.

Developed in collaboration with mine site maintenance crews, Geographe's Ball Stud Bearing Installation & Removal Tool (BSBIRT) is a purpose-built hydraulic system for servicing steering arm bearings on Caterpillar 785, 789, and 793 haul trucks. It replaces a high-risk manual process with a safe, controlled, and highly efficient 3 step procedure. The BSBIRT replaces brute force with precision. This engineered tool uses controlled hydraulic power to safely remove, set, and install the bearing assembly, providing a faster, safer, and more reliable method.
Eliminates all hammering of components whilst avoiding manual strains and potential hand crush injuries. Reduces a multi-shift problem to a predictable one-shift solution, cutting job time significantly and drastically lowering labour costs. The built-in guidance system ensures perfect alignment, preventing damage to the bearing, ball stud, and steering eye during the critical installation phase and ensuring crew safety whilst in use.
  • Tick iconImproved safety
  • Tick iconReduced labour costs
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Technical information

OEMCaterpillar
Machine TypeHaul Trucks
Machine ModelCaterpillar Truck 785, Caterpillar Truck 789, Caterpillar Truck 793
OEM Part RefOriginal Design
Geographe Part Ref11542927
Product TypeMobile Fleet Parts
Component TypeSpecialised Tooling
Improvement FactorsImproved safety; Reduced labour costs; Increased productivity
Product Weight (kg)30.02
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Product Contents & Details

1 x BSBIRT Body Assembly - 11544908 1 x BSBIRT Bearing Guide Sleeve - 11542929 1 x BSBIRT Hydraulic Cylinder Assembly - 11544285 1 x BSBIRT Retaining Guide Assembly - 11544375 1 x BSBIRT Bearing Capsule Assembly - 11543535 1 x BSBIRT Spacer Assembly - 11544599 1 x BSBIRT Ball Stud Guide Sleeve Assembly - 11545469

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“The Caterpillar Haul Truck Ball Stud Removal Tool has reduced the time to remove ball studs from 12 hours per truck to just 1 hour. The risk of damaging jacks throughout the process has also been removed. This initiative represents a significant cost and time reduction while also improving safety for our maintainers.”

- Truck Maintenance Superintendent, FMG Fortescue Metals Group

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“Using the Geographe Ball Stud Removal Tool, the workgroup was able to separate 6 ball studs in under 15 minutes, this all done without heat or excessive stress on steering components.”

- Mobile Maintenance Supervisor, South 32