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b. Installation.
(1) Position fire extinguisher bracket (4) on step (5).
(2) Insert four screws (1) down through bracket (4) and through step (5).
(3) install one flat washer (2) and one nut (3) on each screw (1). Tighten hardware to secure bracket (4).
4-21. Front Step Replacement. (See figure 4-8.) The roadside and curbside front steps on both trailers
are symmetrical. Replacement procedures are the same except where noted in the steps below.
a. Removal.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
(9)
NOTE
When removing roadside front step, omit steps (1) and (2).
Remove fuel can brackets (paragraph 4-1 18a).
Remove accessory box (paragraph 4-1 9a).
Remove cotter pin (1, figure 4-8) and clevis pin (2) securing handbrake cable (3) to handbrake lever
mechanism (4).
Remove two screws (5), two flat washers (6) and two nuts (7) securing handbrake (8) to trailer frame (9).
Remove two screws (10), two flat washers (11) and two nuts (12) securing handbrake cable bracket (13)
to front step (14). Push handbrake cable clevis through hole in front step.
NOTE
There are two screws, flat washers, and nuts securing handbrake bracket to front step. It
is only necessary to remove one set of attaching hardware to remove front step from
trailer frame.
Remove screw (15), flat washer (16), and nut (17) directly beneath pivot point of handbrake lever (4).
Remove seven screws (18) 14 flat washers (19) and seven nuts (20) securing front step (14) to front
edge of fender (21).
Remove two screws (22), one screw (23) and one screw (24), four flat washers (25) and four nuts (26)
securing front step (14) to edge of trailer frame (9).
Remove three screws (27), three flat washers (28) and three nuts (29) securing front step (14) to trailer
cross braces (30) and remove front step and spacers (31).
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