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

TECHNICAL MANUAL; MAINTENANCE; DIRECT SUPPORT AND GENERAL SUPPORT LEVEL; VOLUME 2 OF 2; PART 1 OF 3

MAY 1981

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CHAPTER

15

FRAME

AND

TOWING

ATTACHMENTS

GROUP

MAINTENANCE

SectionI. SCOPE

15-1. EQUIPMENT

ITEMS COVERED.

This chaptergivesequipmentmaintenance

proceduresforthe frameassemblyand fifthwheelassemblyforwhich thereare

authorizedcorrective

maintenancetasksatthe directand generalmaintenancelevels.

15-2. EQUIPMENT

ITEMS

maintenanceisauthorized

coveredinthischapter.

NOT

COVERED.

Allequipmentitemsforwhich corrective

atthe directand generalsupport

SectionII. FRAME

ASSEMBLY

15-3. FRAME

ALINEMENT

CHECK.

TOOLS:

No specialtoolsrequired

SUPPLIES:

Paper, 5 inchesby 8 inches

Maskingtape

Measuringtape

PERSONNEL

: TWO

maintenancelevelsare

EQUIPMENT

CONDITION

: Truck parked on levelfloor,engineoff,handbrake

set.

a.

Preliminary

Procedures.

(1) Make suretruckisparked in a straightlineso rearaxlesarenoton a

twistor bindingfromturningaction.

(2)

Make surerearspringseatbearingsareproperlyadjusted.Referto

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