SECTION 10
BRAKES AND REAR WHEEL ASSEMBLY
b. Install the grease cap.
10-52. INSTALLATION.
a. Install the lubed thrust washers. One
goes against the inside of rear mounting boss
and the other against the inside of the front
mounting boss (see figure 10-16).
b. Assemble the spring, pin and pivot block
and rest them in the wheel support bracket
(see figure 10-12).
c. Install the whole assembly.
d. Install the mounting pins and secure
them with lockwashers and capscrews. Torque
to 30 ft.-lbs. (4.15 kg-m).
FIGURE 10-16
e. Install the wheel.
10-53. ADJUSTMENT.
NOTE: Spring adjustment depends on the rear
ballast load.
a. Place the compactor on a flat, even
surface.
b. Load compactor to desired weight.
c. Loosen jam nut and turn adjusting screw
until the center wheel is vertical (using wheel
rim for reference point - see figure 10-17).
d. Tighten jam nut.
e. Readjust when ballast weight is changed.
NOTE: If the wheel is tilted to the right, it Is
loaded too much. If it tilts to the left, it
FIGURE 10-17.
is not sufficiently loaded.
10-58. The parking brake is for static parking
10-54. PARKING BRAKE.
only. Braking of a moving vehicle should be
done with the rear wheel brakes.
10-55. GENERAL.
10-59. REMOVAL AND DISASSEMBLY (See
10-56. The parking brake is of the Internal
expanding shoe type, mechanically actuated by
means of a cable and linkage.
a. Remove the floor plate.
10-57. The brake drum and shoe assembly is
b. Remove the brake drum locknut. Release
mounted to the rear of the transfer box under
the brake and remove the brake drum.
the cockpit floorboard. An over-center hand-
lever, mounted to the right side frame under
c. Remove the spacer seated around the
the cockpit floor plate, actuates the two
splined brake shaft.
internal expanding shoes. An adjustable knob
on the end of the lever allows for quick and
d. Disconnect and remove the brake return
accurate brake adjustment.
springs. Remove the brake shoes.
10-9.