TM 5-3810-306-20
OVERHAUL BALL INSTALLATION
TOOLS:
General mechanic’s tool kit: automotive (5180-00-177-7033).
SUPPLIES: Cotter pin (Item 45, Appendix C)
Never-Seeze (Item 55, Appendix C)
EQUIPMENT CONDITIONS: Overhaul ball lowered to ground. (Refer to TM 5-3810-306-10.)
REMOVAL:
1.
REMOVE OVERHAUL BALL (1).
WARNING
The hook assembly is secured by pin
(4) and will drop out of ball (1) when
pin (4) is removed.
a. Remove and discard cotter pin (2).
b. Remove nut (3) and pin (4) securing wedge
socket (5) to overhaul ball (1).
2.
REMOVE WIRE ROPE (6) FROM WEDGE
SOCKET (5).
a. Remove nuts (7) and clamp (8) securing wire
rope clip (9) to wire rope (6).
b. Strike dead end of wire rope to loosen and
remove wedge (10). Remove wedge socket (5).
INSTALLATION:
1.
INSTALL WEDGE SOCKET (5) ON WIRE ROPE
(6).
a. Loop wire rope (6) through wedge socket (5) and
around
wedge
(10)
as
shown.
Allow
approximately nine inches (22.9 cm) of wire rope
to extend out from wedge socket (5).
b. Install wire rope clip (9) and secure with clamp
(8) and nuts (7).
c. Install wedge socket (5) into overhaul ball (1)
and secure with pin (4). Apply NEVER-SEEZE
to pin threads.
d. Secure pin (4) with nut (3) and new cotter pin (2).
2.
LUBRICATE OVERHAUL BALL ASSEMBLY.
(REFER TO LO 5-3810-306-12.)
END OF TASK
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