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TM 9-2330-238-14
Section Ill. REAR AXLE MAINTENANCE
Page
Paragraph Title
Number
Axle Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-6
Axle and Bracket Assembly Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-10
Axle and Bracket Assembly Spring Seat Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
5-12
5-5. AXLE MAINTENANCE.
This Task Covers:
a.
Removal
d.
Assembly
b.
Disassembly
e.
Installation
c.
Cleaning, inspection, and Repair
Initial Setup:
Equipment Conditions:
• Hubs and brakedrums
Tools/Test Equipment:
Materials/Parts:
removed (para 4-48).
•Rags (Item 11, Appendix E)
•Dry cleaning solvent (Item 14, Appendix E)
• General mechanic’s tool kit
•Seventeen Iockwashers
• Hydraulic jack
Personnel Required: Two
•TWO jackstands
•Micrometer
a.
REMOVAL
1.
Raise axle (7) with jack and place two
weight of semitrailer is on jackstands.
under each corner of rear crossmember, lower jack, until
2.
Disconnect hydraulic hose from tee at center of axle to be removed (para 4-42).
3.
Disconnect torque rods (14) from axle to be removed (para 4-57).
4.
Raise jack under axle (7) until springs (1) are free from spring guide bracket assemblies (2).
5.
Remove axle (7) out from under semitrailer.
b. DISASSEMBLY
2.
3.
1.
Remove nut (9), Iockwasher (8), and capscrew (12) securing hydraulic line connector (11) to band on axle (7).
Remove connector. Discard Iockwasher.
Remove two fluid passage bolts, ring spacers, and hydraulic line from each wheel cylinder (para 4-39).
Remove eight nuts (5), Iockwashers (4), and bolts (3) which secure two spring guide bracket assemblies (2) and
lower torque rod brackets (6) to axle (7). Remove spring guide bracket assemblies and lower torque rod
brackets from axle. Discard Iockwashers.
