Case 340 Articulated Truck Service Manual

Table of Contents

• Content and Safety Instruction
• Technical Data
• Specification and Troubleshooting
• Driveline
• Front Axle
• Intermediate Axle
• Rear Axle
• Brakes, Wheels and Tires
• Suspension
• Hydraulic System
• Pneumatic System
• Electrical System
• Cab and Chassis
• Air Conditioning

Manual Extract:Input Shaft

Proceed as follows:
– Bring the vehicle on a suitable flat, solid surface, switch off the engine, remove the key from the ignition switch, engage the parking brake and affix the warning notices;
– deactivate the battery isolator or disconnect the battery terminals to prevent any risk of a short circuit;
– block articulation by means of the steering lock bar, proceeding as indicated in SECTION 1.2;
– raise the vehicle so that the wheels are off the ground, then place two supporting trestles under the front chassis, without touching the suspension;

– place a suitable hydraulic supporting device under each of the intermediate and rear axles, that allows the lowering at the time of removal, so that at this stage the two axles are more or less horizontal;
– remove both wheels following the instructions in SECTION 13;
– disconnect the electrical (02) and pneumatic (03) connection to lock the inter–axles distribution; D disconnect the axle bleed pipe (04); Before the removal of the hydraulic pipes, prepare appropriate plugs to close the free ends.
– disconnect the hydraulic pipes:
— service braking system (20);
— brakes cooling system inlet (21);
— brakes cooling system outlet (22); . During this operation the hydraulic fluid could spill out.

– remove the input (18) and the output (19) propeller shaft following the instructions in SECTION 10;
– remove both bolts (10) that fasten the tie–rod to the bracket;
– working from both sides of each rocker arm, remove the split pin and unscrew the fastening nut (08) of the rocker arm pin;
– take out the rocker armpin (09) keeping the washers (06) and guide bushings (07), releasing the rocker arm from the axle;
– carefully lower the axle and remove it from the vehicle.