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Abstract

A planetary wheel end includes a planetary gear set, a rotatable axle shaft, a rotationally fixed axle tube surrounding at least a portion of the axle shaft, and a planetary gear carrier arranged for fixing to a wheel. The planetary gear set includes a radially inner sun gear, a radially outer ring gear and a plurality of planet gears drivingly engaged with the sun gear and the ring gear. The axle shaft is rotationally fixed to the sun gear and the axle tube includes a spindle rotationally fixed to the ring gear. The planetary gear carrier includes a plurality of planetary shafts and each one of the planet gears is rotatable about a respective one of the planetary shafts. In an example embodiment, each one of the plurality of planet gears has a respective radial needle bearing disposed on the respective one of the plurality of planetary shafts.

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