TM 10-3835-223-13 &P
4-22. TOP FRAME REPLACEMENT.
This task consists of:
a. Removal
b. Installation
INITIAL SET-UP:
Tools required:
Tool Kit, General Mechanics, Automotive (Appendix B, Section III, Item 1)
Hoist or crane
Equipment Condition:
Top side guards removed (para. 2-8a.)
a.
Removal.
WARNING
Heavy parts can crush you. Keep out from under and clear of heavy parts at all
times.
(1)
Connect hoist to center brace on top frame (1). Remove slack from hoist.
(2)
Remove four nuts (7), lockwashers (8, screws (10) and eight washers (9) securing top
frame (1) to center post of frame weldment (2).
(3)
Remove sixteen nuts (6), lockwashers (5), screws (3) and thirty two washers (4) securing
top frame (1) to frame weldment (2) outer posts.
(4)
Hoist top frame (1) from frame weldment (2).
b.
Installation.
WARNING
Heavy parts can crush you. Keep out from under and clear of heavy parts at all
times.
(1)
Connect hoist to replacement top frame (1).
(2)
Lower top frame (1) onto frame weldment (2). Aline screw holes.
(3)
Secure top frame (1) to frame weldment (2) outer posts with thirty two washers (4), sixteen
screws (3), lockwashers (5), and nuts (6).
(4)
Secure top frame (1) to frame weldment (2) center post with eight washers (9), four
nuts (7), lockwashers (8), and screws (10).
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