Caterpillar Inc.

Kristin Ann Schipull

Daniel Cavanaugh

M Brad Beardsley

Daniel Joseph Sordelet

Kegan Jon Luick

Jarrod David Moss

Justin Curtis Embrey

Daniel Herbert Gerke

Robert Eugene Sharp

A remanufactured planet carrier is disclosed having a first plate and a second plate spaced apart from and oriented generally parallel to the first plate. Supports join and support the first and second plates. The remanufactured planet carrier further has a plurality of first pin bores in the first plate and a plurality of second pin bores in the second plate. The first pin bores are parallel and generally aligned with the second pin bores. A cylindrical member extends from a central axis of the second plate away from the first plate with a shaft bore formed within the cylindrical member. The first and second pin bores and the shaft bore each have a surface layer with a hardness of at least about 180 BHN and a strength of at least about 500 MPa.

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Moorehead, MN, United States of America

Kristin Ann Schipull