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LEAF SUSPENSION
Removal and installation
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3.5 REMOVAL AND INSTALLATION, SPRING BRACKET
Removal of the spring bracket
1.
Jack up the chassis until the spring
assembly is free of stress.
2.
Remove the lock bolts and plates from the
shackle pin.
3.
Jack up the chassis until the shackle pin
has been removed from the spring bracket.
4.
Watch the position of the attachment bolts
(in view of the difference in length). Remove
the attachment bolts and take off the spring
bracket.
Note:
The rear spring bracket forms a whole with the
cab-suspension support.
Installation of the spring bracket
1.
Install the spring bracket in the same
position as before removing it. Place the
spring bracket at the spring-bracket outline
on the chassis.
2.
Check the contact surfaces of spring
bracket, chassis and stiffening plates.
These should be absolutely free from dirt
and grease.
3.
Fit the attachment bolts in the correct
position and the correct location.
4.
Tighten the spring-bracket attachment bolts
to the specified torque, see main group
“Technical Data”.
Note:
At the rear spring bracket of the front-axle
spring assembly, tighten the bolts attaching the
cab suspension to the spring bracket to the
specified tightening torque, see main group
“Technical Data” of “Group 1”.
5.
Fit the shackle pin.
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