9. Traverse top carriage to the right (by turning intermediate shaft
gear by hand) sufficiently to allow traversing stop, rear to be
removed. Extract split pin, remove nut, and take off traversing stop,
rear.
10. Traverse top carriage to the left until traversing worm is
disengaged from rack, remove split pins and nuts from four studs
securing traversing worm shaft bearing to top carriage, and remove
bearing and attached parts as a unit.
11. Lift out traversing worm with attached parts as a unit.
12. Turn top carriage to the right 90 degrees from zero azimuth, remove
three screws that attach traversing rack to pintle bearing and remove
traversing rack.
13. Turn top carriage to the right 90 degrees (180 degrees from zero
azimuth), remove four screws that attach dust guard to pintle bearing
and remove dust guard.
14. Remove two screws that secure clip to pintle bearing and take off
clip.
15. Raise top carriage from pintle bearing.
XIV. To Remove Equalizing Gear and Pinions.
1. Remove top carriage (see XIII), wheels (see VIII), brake mechanism
(see XV) and trails (see XVI).
2. Turn pintle bearing bottom side up, remove 29 screws which attach
washers and binders and remove equalizing-gear cover.
3. Remove split pins and nuts from both locking ring-clamp bolts,
unscrew and remove rings (one right, one left).
4. Slide equalizing pinion off axle arms.
5. Remove split pins from right equalizing-gear bolts, hold nuts
tight, unscrew and remove bolt, remove nut and washer, remove left
equalizing-gear bolt, nut, and washer in the same manner.
6. Remove locking screw and equalizing-gear support (using special
wrench). Lift up and remove equalizing gear.
XV. To Remove Brake Mechanism.
1. Remove wheels (see VIII).
2. Remove brake bands, right and left, by extracting four split pins
and removing four brake pins from ends of brake shaft.
3. Remove one split pin from each type “A” pin securing brake lever,
foot to brake lever bracket and to sleeve extension. Remove type “A”
pins and brake lever.
4. Extract two split pins from brake lever sleeve near center of
carriage, draw out and remove brake shaft, left.
5. Remove shield bracket, outer right, brake shaft, right and brake
lever sleeve with all permanent parts attached, by removing main shield
(see IX, D and E), removing split pin and nut from brakehanger bolt,
taking out bolt, and sliding parts off axle arm.
6. Remove shield bracket, outer left, by removing split-pin, nut,
and brake hanger bolt and sliding brake hanger with permanent parts
attached, off axle arm.
XVI. To Remove Trails.
1. Support carriage at front of pintle bearing.
2. Remove two split pins and nuts from connection bolts, drive out
bolts with copper drift, slide trails to the rear and remove.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS.
Filling Recoil Cylinder (Cylinder Mounted on Carriage.)
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