TM 9-2330-246-14
5-5.
LANDING GEAR REPAIR (EARLY MODEL).
This Task Covers:
a.
Disassembly
c.
Assembly
b.
Cleaning and Inspection
Initial Setup:
Equipment Conditions:
Materials/Parts:
Abrasive cloth (Item 9, Appendix E)
Landing gear removed (para 4-77).
Z Dry cleaning solvent (Item 13, Appendix E)
Tools/Test Equipment:
Grease (Item 14, Appendix E)
Z Primer coating (Item 19, Appendix E)
General mechanic's tool kit
One gasket
Arbor press
One locknut
Drill bit set
Z Two spring pins
Z Electric drill
References:
TM 43-0139
a.
Disassembly
1.
Remove nut (28) and bolt (25) securing wheel (24) to axle (27). Remove two wheels and wheel caps (26) from
axle.
2.
Remove axle (27) from lower leg (29).
3.
Use adrift pin inserted through hole in landing gear shaft (11 ) to turn shaft until lower leg (29) is in fully retracted
position.
4.
Remove four screws (1). Remove cover (2), gasket (3), spring (9), and ball bearing (1 O) from gearbox (37).
Discard gasket.
Drive out pin (12) and spring pin (14) securing bevel gear (5) to shaft (1 1). Remove shaft and bevel gear from
5.
gearbox (37). Discard spring pin.
Drive out pin (18) securing gear cluster (38) to shaft (17).
6.
7.
Drive out spring pin (19) securing gear cluster (8) to shaft (1 7). Remove shaft, woodruff key (1 3), flatwasher (6),
gear clusters (8 and 38) from gearbox (37). Discard spring pin.
8.
Remove locknut (4) and retaining band (40). Discard locknut.
NOTE
Removal of tapered roller bearing from left-hand landing gear leg gearbox includes
removing bearing cup.
9.
Using brass drift, drive landing gear screw (23) down until bevel gear (39), machine key (22), and tapered roller
bearing (7) with cup can be removed from gearbox (37).
10.
Remove plug (32), spring clip (33), and gib (34) from upper leg (20).
11.
Remove lower leg (29), including screw (23) and roller bearing (21 ), from upper leg (20).
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