FRONT STEPS MAINTENANCE. - TM-9-6115-663-13-P0135

TM 9-6115-663-13&P

4-22 FRONT STEPS MAINTENANCE.

c. Installation

This task covers: a. Removal

INITIAL SETUP

Equipment Conditions

Tools

Reference

Tool Kit, General Mechanic's

Trailer support devices are

lowered, paragraph 2-3.2.1.

Materials/Parts

Cotter pin (TM 9-2330-205-14&P)

Nuts, Self-locking

REMOVAL

1. When replacing roadside front step, remove fire extinguisher bracket (paragraph 4-24). When

replacing curbside front step, remove accessory box (paragraph 4-19).

2. Release brake.

3. Remove cotter pin (13, figure 4-20), spacer (16), and clevis pin (22) securing handbrake cable to

handbrake lever mechanism (15).

4. Remove two screws (14) that secure handbrake bracket (19) to trailer frame.

5. Remove two self-locking nuts (21), flat washers (18), and screws (17) securing handbrake bracket (19)

to front step (3). Discard self-locking nuts.

6. Remove handbrake bracket (19) and handbrake mechanism (15).

7. Remove two self-locking nuts (11), flat washers (12), and screws (23) that secure brake cable bracket

(24) to front step (3). Remove cable (20). Discard self-locking nuts.

8. Remove seven self-locking nuts (2), flat washers (1), and screws (10), securing front step (3) to front

edge offender. Discard self-locking nuts.

9. Remove three self-locking nuts (9), flat washers (5), and screws (4), securing the front step (3) to

trailer frame. Discard self-locking nuts.

10. Remove five self-locking nuts (8), flat washers (7), and screws (6) securing front step (3) to chassis.

Discard self-locking nuts.

11. Remove front step (3).