TM 9-2330-238-14
5-11. LANDING
GEAR MAINTENANCE
(EARLY MODEL) (Con’t).
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Turn drive shaft (44) of actuating
leg assembly (12)
by hand until distance from ends of inner and outer actuating
legs is 5 in. (12,70 cm).
Position actuating
leg assembly
(12) and drive shaft (44) in frame with forward end against crossmember.
Aline
mounting
holes and install, hand tight, two capscrews
(13), new Iockwashers
(14), and nuts (15).
Support rear of actuating
leg assembly (12)
on blocks.
Install cross shaft (8), roller arms (5) and bearing block (7) as a unit in frame holes.
Aline mounting holes in bearing block (7) and rear mounting bracket of actuating leg assembly (12)
with holes in
crossmember.
Install, hand tight, two capscrews
(6), new Iockwashers
(10), and nuts (11).
Slide semitrailer
brackets
(2) and upper braces (18) on ends of cross shaft (8) with flat surface of braces, hinge
end facing
down.
Aline holes in two semitrailer
brackets
(2) with holes In frame and install, hand tight, twelve capscrews
(1), new
Iockwashers
(3), and nuts (4).
Aline drive shaft (44) in actuating
leg assembly
(12) parallel with crossmember
and tighten two nuts (15) and
capscrews
(13) securing
forward end of actuating
leg assembly
to crossmember.
Tighten socket
head setscrew
(9) until flat surface at top of inner leg of actuating
leg assembly
(12) is snug
against bottom
of crossmember.
Aline cross shaft (8) parallel with crossmember
and tighten two nuts (11) and capscrews
(6) securing bearing
block
(7) and rear mounting
bracket
of actuating
leg assembly
(12) to crossmember.
Tighten 12 nuts (4) and capscrews
(1) securing two semitrailer brackets (2) to frame. Check to ensure cross shaft
(8) turns freely after securing
each bracket.
Position and install left support leg assembly
(26) with intermediate
drive shaft (16) through hole in frame and
over end of drive shaft (44).
Secure support leg assembly
(26) and support leg bracket (37) to frame with six capscrews
(42), two spacers
(19), new Iockwashers
(20), and nuts (21). Ensure that weight
is relieved
from intermediate
drive shaft (16)
before securing
support
leg assembly.
Install two lower braces
(25) on cross tube assembly
(36) with flat surface of brace hinge ends facing down.
Install end of cross tube assembly
(36) into left support
leg assembly
(26).
Repeat steps 28 and 29 and install right support leg assembly
(26). Ensure right end of cross tube assembly
(36)
is installed
in right support leg assembly
before securing
it to frame.
Aline holes in upper ends of diagonal braces (27) with mounting holes in support leg assemblies
(26), Install two
capscrews
(29) and new Iockwashers
(28).
Install two capscrews
(35), new Iockwashers
(30), and nuts (31) in lower ends of diagonal
braces (27) and cross
tube assembly
(36).
Install capscrew
(32), new Iockwasher
(33), and nut (34) in diagonal
braces (27).
Using handcrank
(41), turn intermediate
drive shaft (16) until holes
in shafts on right side of actuating
leg
assembly
(12) are alined.
Install capscrew
(45) and new self-locking
nut (43).
Repeat step 36 to install capscrew
(45) and new self-locking
nut (43) on left side of actuating
leg assembly
(12).
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