Greasing the Drive Axle Slack Adjuster
49X mm 42.08.003
- Park the vehicle on a level surface, shut down the engine, and set the parking brake.
- Chock the front tires.
- Chock one drive-axle tire.
- Cage the drive-tire park-brake chamber opposite of the tire that is chocked.
- Grease the slack adjuster on the caged brake side only.
- Uncage the park brake.
- Move the drive-tire chock to the other side of the axle and chock the other set of tires.
- Cage the drive-tire park-brake chamber opposite of the tire that is chocked.
- Grease the slack adjuster on the caged brake side only.
- Uncage the park brake.
- If equipped with more than one drive-axle, repeat this process for the remaining drive-axles.
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