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

TM-9-2320-209-20-3-2 - Page 502 of 552

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

17-6.

REAR SPRING REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT.

NOTE

This task is shown for the left rear spring.

This task is the same for the right rear spring.

TOOLS:

1 1/16-inch open end wrench

Torque wrench,

600 pound-feet capacity

Tire iron

SUPPLIES:

None

PERSONNEL: Two

EQUIPMENT CONDITION:

Truck parked, engine off, handbrake set, wheels

chocked.

a.

Preliminary Procedures.

(1) Jack up left and right side of truck until spring ends just move off seats on

axle housing and place jack stands under trunnion shaft. Refer to Part 1, para 11-3.

(2) Remove wheels from both axles and put jack stands under axle housing.

Refer to TM 9-2320-209-10.

b. Removal.

1.

Using 1 1/16-inch wrench, unscrew nuts (1) from both ends of U-bolts (2) in

two places. Take off four nuts and four lockwashers (3).

2.

Take off U-bolts (2) in two places.

3.

Take off saddle (4).

GO TO FRAME 2

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