TM 9-6115-662-13&P
4-22 FRONT STEPS MAINTENANCE.
This task covers: a. Removal
c. Installation
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Equipment Conditions
Tool Kit, General Mechanic’s
(item 1, appendix B)
Reference
Trailer support devices are
lowered, paragraph 2-3.2.1.
Material/Parts
Cotter pin (TM 9-2330-205-14&P)
Nuts, Self-locking
REMOVAL
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
When replacing roadside front step, remove fire extinguisher bracket (paragraph 4-24). When
replacing curbside front step, remove accessory box (paragraph 4-19).
Release brake.
Remove cotter pin (13, figure 4-20), spacer (16), and clevis pin (22) securing handbrake cable to
handbrake lever mechanism (15).
Remove two screws (14) that secure handbrake bracket (19) to trailer frame.
Remove two self-locking nuts (21), flat washers (18), and screws (17) securing handbrake bracket (19)
to front step (3). Discard self-locking nuts.
Remove handbrake bracket (19) and handbrake mechanism (15).
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.
Remove seven self-locking nuts (2), flat washers (l), and screws (10), securing front step (3) to front
edge offender. Discard self-locking nuts.
Remove three self-locking nuts (9), flat washers (5), and screws (4), securing the front step (3) to
trailer frame. Discard self-locking nuts.
Remove five self-locking nuts (8), flat washers (7), and screws (6) securing front step (3) to chassis.
Discard self-locking nuts.
Remove front step (3).
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