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© SKF Group 17 April 2016 Slide 2
Experience
SKF has been selling u-joints for over 29 years
• Brand is recognized as a premium part
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Premium Quality U-Joints
Manufactured for SKF by the words largest u-joint manufacturer
• OE customers in Asia
• OE customers in North America
• Aftermarket customers in North America
• Quality certifications
- ISO9001, ISO14001, TS16949
• State of the art Technical Center
- 400+ patents
- Every SKU tested and validated
Full product range
• Premium, Brute Force, Anti-Galvanic, HD, Ag, & components
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Product testing & validation
Ultimate Strength Test
• Destructive test – u-joint is twisted until it breaks
- SKF u-joints exceed the OE torque factor
- SKF u-joints exceed many competitors torque factor
Torsional Fatigue Test
• Destructive test – u-joint is twisted back and forth until it breaks
- SKF u-joints passed the OE & SAE acceptance test
Metallurgical Evaluation
• Microstructure, steel chemistry, and hardness of the components
- Compared OE, Moog, Neapco, Spicer & SKF u-joints
• All u-joints were very similar
- Cup & cross comparable to 5120 steel, case carburized, 60-64 HRC
- Needles comparable to 52100 steel, through hardened, 62 HRC
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
Product Range
• Standard U-joints
- SKU’s 119
- % of VIO coverage 99.5% (based on VIO of 15,000 or more)
• Brute Force U-joints
- SKU’s 32
• Misc. (clamps, fasteners, grease fittings, u-bolts, etc.)
- SKU’s 42
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
Standard U-joints
• Greaseable and non-greaseable per application
• Anti-galvanic coated bearing cups per application
- Zinc & nickel coating
- For aluminum drive shafts
Brute Force U-joints
• Greaseable and non-greaseable
• Black oxide coated cross
• Blue seals
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
Brute Force product differences
• Greaseable versions have increased cross strength
- By eliminating the standard service grease channel
• Non-greasable versions have the strongest cross strength
- Solid cross with no grease channels
• High performance blue seals for Brute-Force identification
• Black oxide coating for protection against rust and corrosion
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
Brute Force U-joint product comparison
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
Seals and lubrication
• Purgeable compressed double or triple lip seal
- HBN rubber with nominal durometer range of 80 - 85 (OE spec)
• High material strength to resist tearing and premature wear
• Fully loaded with hi temperature grease
OE fit and function
• Bearing cup OD
- Per OE specifications
• Outside diameters are ground after heat treat and held to a tight tolerance of
0.013 mm (0.0005 in), some are 0.012 mm (0.0004 in) or less depending on
size
• Snap ring thickness
- Per OE specifications
• Stack up width
- Per OE specifications
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Car, Light & Medium Duty Truck
U-joints are ready to be installed out of the box
• Fully greased
• Grease fittings installed
• Coated with an oil based rust inhibitor
• Packed in a plastic bag
- Snap rings included in separate plastic bag
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Heavy Duty Truck
Product Range
• Standard U-joints
- SKU’s 39
• Bearing plate (Flange) style
• Plain bearing style
• Plate & plain bearing style
• PlateLock style
• Wing bearing (Mechanics) style
- % of VIO coverage 99.5%
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Heavy Duty Truck
Seals and lubrication
• Purgeable compressed triple lip seal
- HBN rubber with nominal durometer range of 80 - 85 (OE spec)
• High material strength to resist tearing and premature wear
- Most parts include a metal shield to protect the seal
• Fully loaded with hi temperature grease
Construction
• Most parts include an anti-drainback valve in each cross journal end
- Controls lubrication flow and prevents dry start up
• Cross journal ends have large grease reservoirs for optimal lubrication
• Twin grease fittings allows easy service access
• Flange style bearing cups include precision formed flanges that are welded to the cups for strength & durability
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Heavy Duty Truck
OE fit and function
• Bearing cup OD
- Per OE specifications
• Outside diameters are ground after heat treat and held to a tight tolerance of
0.013 mm (0.0005 in), some are 0.012 mm (0.0004 in) or less depending on
size
• Snap ring thickness
- Per OE specifications
• Stack up width
- Per OE specifications
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Heavy Duty Truck
U-joints are ready to be installed out of the box
• Fully greased
• Coated with an oil based rust inhibitor
• Packed in a plastic bag
- Attaching hardware & grease fittings included in separate plastic bag
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Ag, Industrial, PTO
Product Range
• Standard Ag/Industrial U-joints
- SKU’s 74
• Bearing plate (Flange) style
• Plain bearing style
• Plate & plain bearing style
• Wing bearing (Mechanics) style
• Ag/Industrial PTO parts
- SKU’s 721
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Ag, Industrial, PTO
Seals and lubrication
• Purgeable compressed double or triple lip seal
- HBN rubber with nominal durometer range of 80 - 85 (OE spec)
• High material strength to resist tearing and premature wear
• Fully loaded with hi temperature grease
OE fit and function
• Bearing cup OD
- Per OE specifications
• Outside diameters are ground after heat treat and held to a tight tolerance of
0.013 mm (0.0005 in), some are 0.012 mm (0.0004 in) or less depending on
size
• Snap ring thickness
- Per OE specifications
• Stack up width
- Per OE specifications
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Ag, Industrial, PTO
U-joints are ready to be installed out of the box
• Fully greased
• Grease fittings installed on most parts
• Coated with an oil based rust inhibitor
• Packed in a plastic bag
- Snap rings or attaching parts included in separate plastic bag
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Packaging
Full color graphic box on standard size u-joints & parts
White box with label on large u-joints
Part number label only on large Ag PTO parts
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Packaging
U-joints are packed in a high quality box
• Re-sealable cartons
• Smaller parts are in a high strength box
- Highest strength chip board type material
- One side glued, one side positive lock end flaps
- Two side positive lock end flaps
• Larger parts are in a thick cardboard box
- Fold together with one side positive lock end flap
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• Brute Force u-joints
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Product identification
U-joints are laser marked with SKF identification
• Standard u-joints
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Part Numbers
New numbering system
• UJ prefix
• Most based on Precision (Moog)
- Car, Truck, Ag u-joint and component part numbers
- Ex: UJ331-10, UJ334, UJ344AG, UJ534G, etc.
• Some based on Neapco
- Ag & industrial PTO and component part numbers
- Ex: UJ105218, UJN24533, etc.
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Sales Support
Catalog / eData
• Catalog (457214)
- Car
- Light Truck
- Medium Duty Truck
- Heavy Duty Truck
- Separate Ag & Industrial catalog available early May
• eData
- Electronic catalogs
• Pro Link, TAMS, etc.
- Catalog eRack
- Epicor & Wrenchead
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Sales Support
U-joint Selector (457088)
• Identifies replacement part number for used u-joints
- Easy instructions on the item
- Side A for Cross Lengths of 1.875 to 3.750 inches
- Side B for Cross Lengths of 3.875 to 8.000 inches
- Standard and Brute Force part number listed
U-joint Finder Ruler (457198)
• Identifies replacement part number based on yoke or u-joint
- Easy instruction on the file
- This is a pdf only flyer; print as needed
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Sales Support
Counterman Clinic outline
• Guideline for a product line overview
- Counter Personnel
- Outside Sales
- Inside Sales
Videos
• Short product line overview
• How to measure yokes and u-joints
• Brute Force U-joint install
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Sales Support
Countermat
• Identifies features of the new line
• Shows difference between Standard & Brute Force
• Includes U-joint Finder Ruler at bottom
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Sales Support
Warranty
• Limited Lifetime on light duty applications
- Cars, light trucks, SUV’s (less than 8,000 lbs. GVWR) - For vehicles in non-commercial service
- As long as the original consumer owns the vehicle
• 12 months on all other applications
- Medium & Heavy Duty trucks
- Ag / Industrial applications