TM 5-3895-370-14&P
5-44. AIR BRAKE CHAMBER REPLACEMENT.
This task covers:
a. Removal
b. Installation
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Equipment Condition
Shop equipment, automotive maintenance and
TM or Para
Condition Description
repair: field maintenance, supplemental no. 2,
Wheels chocked.
less power
Para 3-12
Air reservoirs drained.
Para 2-10
Jackstand lowered.
Materials/Parts
Para 4-98
Brake chambers caged.
Tags, identification (item 52, Appendix E)
Cotter pin
Lockwashers (2)
a.
Removal.
NOTE
There are two air brake chambers on
the axle. Both air brake chambers
are removed the same way.
WARNING
Spring
in
air
chamber
is
very
powerful
and
is
under
tension.
Failure to cage air chamber before
removal will release tension of spring
abruptly and could result in injury or
death to personnel.
NOTE
Tag
and
mark
air
lines
before
removal.
(2)
Remove two air lines (1 and 2) from elbows (3).
(3)
Remove two elbows (3) from air brake chamber
(4).
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