Section XIII. MAINTENANCE OF THE BRAKES

Section XIII. MAINTENANCE OF THE BRAKES

(2) Brake cable.

2-51. Hand Brake Lever, Cable and

(a) Perform (1) (a) and (b) above.

Linkage

(h) Remove the pin and detach the cable clevis

a. Removal

from the lever assembly.

(1) Level assembly. Refer to figure 2-35 and

remove the level assembly as follows:

assembly.

(a) Disengage the handbrake.

(d) Remove the yoke pin and detach the yoke

(b) Remove the 2 screws and lockwashers from

from the brakeshoe actuating lever (fig. 2-36).

the cover and remove the cover.

(P) Remove the two cable clamps and remove

the cable.

justing knob on the lever and turn the knob counter-

clockwise to disengage the brake cable.

(d) Remove the 2 rapscrews securing the lever

assembly to the truck.

Figure 2-36. Handbrake lower cable yoke adjustment.

b. Installation. Reverse procedure in a above. Make

final adjustment as instructed in c below. Yoke adjust-

ment should be such as to allow approximately 5 turns

on the adjusting knob for future periodic adjustment.

c. Adjustment. Up to a point, the adjusting knob on

the handbrake lever can be used to compensate for

brake lining wear. When the adjusting knob will no

longer provide the necessary brake adjustment, and

sufficient brake lining still remains, further adjustment

can be made at the lower cable yoke.

(1) Adjustment using the hand brake lever ad-

justing knob :

(a) Set the lever in fully released position.

(b) Remove the setscrew from the adjusting

knob.

clockwise, check adjustment by engaging the brake.

(d) Repeat step (c) if necessary and reinstall

the setscrew in the adjusting knob.

(2) Adjustment of lower cable yoke.

(n) Disengage the brake and remove the set-

Figure 2-35. Handbrake lever, installed view.

screw from the adjusting knot). Turn the adjusting

knob 4 or 5 turns conterclockwise.

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