A transport lock for fixing a planet carrier during transport in a housing-fixed component, including a first part that is joinable to the housing-fixed component, a second part that is joinable to the planet carrier, and at least one bearing, with which the first part and the second part are rotatably supported in one another.

A corn head row unit gearbox includes an input shaft, that rotates about a first axis of rotation and that drives a set of bevel gears. The bevel gears transfer rotation of the input shaft into rotation of a set of gathering chain output shafts about a second axis of rotation, generally transverse to the first axis of rotation. The gathering chain drive shafts each rotate within a bushing mounted within a frame structure of the gearbox. The frame structure defines a bore that communicates with a bevel gear cavity, in which at least one of the sets of bevel gears rotates, and an interior of the bushings mounted on the gathering chain drive shafts. Rotation of the bevel gears carries lubricant to an inlet aperture on the bore and drives the lubricant through the bore into the bushings.

An automotive driveline component has a housing and a shipping cap. The automotive driveline component can be a component of a power transfer unit (PTU), a final drive unit (FDU), a rear drive module (RDM), or a drive shaft. The housing has a wall that partly or more defines an opening. The opening is open to an exterior of the housing when the automotive driveline component is in an uninstalled state. The shipping cap can be temporarily secured in the opening. The shipping cap has a liquid collector for precluding residual lubricant in the housing from pooling at the opening. The liquid collector can be in the form of a sump, an absorbent material, or both.

Methods and systems are described for a gearbox lockout device. It may be desirable in certain vehicles to lock a drive shaft within a gearbox for a period of time. Lockout embodiments under the present disclosure include a shaft configured to selectively engage the drive shaft via teeth. An inner and outer collar surrounding the shaft can be manipulated to restrict the movement of the shaft once the shaft's teeth are engaged with the teeth of the drive shaft. The system can be torqued up and locked in place. This can allow for more safe transporting of the vehicle, easier maintenance, or other advantages.

A multipurpose protective cap for a transmission prior to and during assembly with a drive shaft has a base portion having a cylindrical cross-section of a first inner diameter. The base portion comprises a side wall defining the cylindrical cross-section and having an outer edge and an inner edge, and a membrane spanning the cylindrical cross-section of the base portion at the outer edge of the side wall. An insertion portion extends from the base portion opposite the outer edge, the insertion portion having a cylindrical cross-section of a second inner diameter, the second inner diameter smaller than the first inner diameter. A contamination removal portion is formed in an interior surface of the insertion portion and configured to remove debris as the drive shaft passes through the insertion portion. A handle extends from the side wall of the base portion.

In at least one embodiment, the assembly for a gearbox for a wind turbine includes a housing element, a rotational element, a bearing, a first connection feature for connecting the housing element to a connection element and a second connection feature for connecting the rotational element to the connection element. The rotational element is arranged rotatably with respect to the housing element via the bearing. At least one of the first and the second connection feature is configured to form a movable, form-fitting connection such that, when the housing element and the rotational element are connected to the connection element via the first and the second connection feature, a relative axial movement between the rotational element and the housing element is prevented but a relative rotation between the rotational element and the housing element is enabled.