TP-9579A
16579/22882
Issued 7-95
Printed in the USA
© Copyright Meritor Automotive, Inc., 1995
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After Towing or
Drive-Away (Piggybacking)
WARNING
To prevent serious eye injury, always wear safe
eye protection when you perform vehicle
maintenance or service.
WARNING
Engage the parking brake to prevent the vehicle
from moving before you begin maintenance or
service procedures that require you to be under
the vehicle. Serious personal injury can result.
1.
If an auxiliary air supply was used, apply the
vehicle parking brakes using the switch inside
the cab of the vehicle. If an auxiliary air supply
was not used, begin with Step 2.
WARNING
When you work on a spring chamber, carefully
follow the service instructions of the chamber
manufacturer. Sudden release of a compressed
spring can cause serious personal injury.
2.
Apply the vehicle spring (parking) brakes by
manually releasing each spring that was
compressed before transporting started. Refer
to manufacturer’s instructions.
3.
Disconnect the auxiliary air supply, if used,
from the brake system of the vehicle that was
transported. Connect the vehicle’s air supply to
the brake system.
4.
Remove the covers from the hubs.
NOTE:
Continue with Steps 5-7 to install all axle
shafts.
5.
Install the gasket, if used, and axle shaft into
the axle housing and carrier in the same
location it was removed from. The gasket and
flange of the axle shaft must be flat against the
hub. Rotate the axle shaft and/or the driveline
as necessary to align the splines and the holes
in the flange with the studs in the hub.
Figure 1
.
6.
Install the dowels, if used, over each stud and
into the tapered holes of the flange.
7.
Install the washers and capscrews or stud nuts.
Determine the size of the fasteners and tighten
the capscrews or nuts to the corresponding
torque value shown in the table to the right.
8.
Check the lubricant level in the axles and hubs
where the axle shafts were removed. Add the
correct type and amount of lubricant if
necessary. For information about lubrication,
refer to the Meritor Maintenance Manual, MM
No. 1,
Lubrication
, or refer to the lubrication
section of the Meritor maintenance manual for
the axle model you are working with.
Thread
Size
Torque Value
lb-ft (N•m)
Capscrews:
0.31” - 24
0.50” - 13
18 - 24 (24 -33)
85 -115 (115 - 156)
Stud Nuts:
(plain nuts)
0.44” - 20
0.50” - 20
0.56” - 18
0.62” - 18
0.75” - 16
50 - 75 (68 - 102)
75 - 115 (102 - 156)
110 - 165 (149 - 224)
150 - 230 (203 - 312)
310 - 400 (420 - 542)
(locknut)
0.44” - 20
0.50” - 20
0.56” - 18
0.62” - 18
0.75” - 16
40 - 65 (54 - 88)
65 - 100 (88 - 136)
100 - 145 (136 - 197)
130 - 190 (176 - 258)
270 - 350 (366 - 475)
