TM-9-2320-209-20-3-2

2½-TON, 6X6, M44A1 AND M44A2 SERIES TRUCKS (MULTIFUEL)

TECHNICAL MANUAL; TROUBLESHOOTING; ORGANIZATIONAL LEVEL; VOLUME 3 OF 3; PART 2 OF 4

MAY 1981

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16-8. SPARE WHEEL CARRIER REPAIR (ALL TRUCKS EXCEPT TRUCK M342A2) .

TOOLS :

7/16-inch wrenc h

Plier s

Leather glove s

SUPPLIES :

Non e

PERSONNEL: On e

EQUIPMENT CONDITION :

Truck parked, engine off, handbrake set .

NOT E

Repair of spare wheel carrier is limited to replace -

ment of damaged parts .

a .

Preliminary Procedure .

Remove spare wheel carrier from truck. Refer t o

para 16-7 .

b .

Disassembly .

FRAME 1

1 .

Turn pick-up member (1) with cable (2) attached so nuts (3) are facing up .

2 .

Using 7/16-inch wrench , unscrew and take off four nuts (3), four lockwasher s

(4), and two U-bolts (5) .

WARNIN G

Always wear leather gloves when handling cable. Do no t

let cable run through hands. Broken or rusty wires ca n

cause serious injury to personnel .

3 .

Pull ends of cable (2) out of holes in pick-up member (1) .

GO TO FRAME 2

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