TM 10-4610-215-10
TM 08580A-10/1
1. REMOVE DUST CAP (1) FROM TOP OF SPRING
CHAMBER (2). REMOVE RELEASE STUP ASSEMBLY
FROM SIDE SLEEVE(3) BY REMOVING RELEASE STUD
NUT (4) AND WASHER (5) FROM RELEASE STUD (6)
AND SLIDING RELEASE STUD OUT OF SLEEVE.
3. PLACE PREVIOUSLY REMOVE RELEASE STUD
WASHER (5) AND NUT (4) ON RELEASE STUD (6) AND
HAND TIGHTEN THE NUT ONTO RELEASE STUD
CAUTION
DO NOT APPLY TORQUE GREATER THAN 50 FT-LBS
(6.9M-KG) TO RELEASE STUD ASSEMBLY.
USE TORQUE WRENCH (9) TO TURN RELEASE STUD
NUT (4) CLOCKWISE UNTIL COMPRESSION SPRING
(10) IS FULLY CAGED. WHILE COMPRESSING SPRING
(10), OBSERVE THAT SERVICE PUSH ROD (11) IS RE-
TRACTING AS RELEASE STUD NUT (5) IS BEING
TIGHTENED. WHEN COMPRESSION SPRING (10) IS
FULLY CAGED, SPRING BRAKE IS MECHANICALLY
RELEASE.
2. INSERT RELEASE STUD (6) THROUGH OPENING
(WHEN DUST CAP REMOVED) OF SPRING CHAMBER
(2) AND INTO THE PRESSURE PLATE (7). TURN RE-
LEASE STUD (6) 1/4 TURN (CLOCKWISE) INTO PRES-
SURE PLATE (7) TO SECURE CROSSPIN (8) IN CROSS-
PIN AREA OF PRESSURE PLATE (7), THEN LOCK
RELEASE STUD INTO MANUAL RELEASE POSITION.
4. AFTER OPERATIONAL AIR PRESSURE BUILDS UP IN
BRAKE CHAMBER AIR RESERVOIR. REMOVE RE-
LEASE STUD ASSEMBLY FROM SPRING CHANBER (2)
AND STOW IN SIDE SLEEVE (3), BY INSERTING RE-
LEASE STUD (6) THROUGH SIDE SLEEVE (3) AND
INSTALL WASHER (5) AND NUT (4). REPLACE DUST
CAP (1) IN SPRING CHAMBER (2).
Figure 2-79. Resetting Locked Spring Brake (Army)
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