Table 4-2. Organizational Troubleshooting--Continued
Malfunction
Probable Cause
Corrective Action
SPRING AND SHOCK
ABSORBERS
a. Mountings loose.
a. Tighten U bolts, rebound clips;
6. Noisy springs.
s h a c k l e bolts and center bolts.
b. Broken leaf.
a. Overloaded springs.
7. Hard riding or sway.
a. Reload to specified limits (para 1-
8).
b. Broken spring leaf.
3, 5-4, 5-5).
c. Empty, loose or damaged shock
c. Tighten or replace shock absorber
absorber.
d. Axle loose.
a. Broken or missing rebound clips.
8. Spring leaves shifted or out of
b. Broken or missing center bolt.
line.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
a. Light switch on towing vehicle not
9. All lamps fail to light.
a. Check and replace if necessary.
operating properly.
b. Intervehicular cable not properly
b. Re-insert connector.
plugged in.
a.
10. One or more lamps will not light.
a. Burned out lamp.
b.
b. Broken cable or loose connections.
c.
c. Damaged taillight assembly.
a.
Clean and tighten (para 6-11.
11. Dim or flickering lamps.
a. Loose, dirty or correded terminals.
b.
b. Poor or loose ground.
c.
Replace lamp.
c. Defective lamp.
d.
Remove lamp and clean contact
d. Dirty or corroded cable contacts in
sleeves of light assembly sockets.
DRAWBAR AND FRONT
SUPPORT
Worn, stuck or bent plunger.
12.
Support
leg
plunger
will
not
Lubricate, replace bracket assembly,
operate.
25).
13. Support leg will not swing up or
Plunger inoperative.
Lubricate, replace.
down.
Section V. AXLE
1-7. Wheel Bearing Adjustments
With the hub cap, wheel bearing lock nut and lock-
released, loosen the wheel bearing adjusting nut,
Turn the wheel to see that it rotates freely. Tighten
the adjusting nut until the wheel no longer turns
freely. Then back off the adjusting nut about one-
sixth turn until the wheel once again rotates freely.
Install the lockwasher and locknut and tighten. Do
not fail to bend the lockwasher over one flat of the
locknut. Install hub cap, new gasket, and six
Figure 4-1. Removing locknut with nut wrench.
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