Maintenance Manual LS4
Issued: May 2011
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Manual valid with the up-to-date cover page only
4.1.2 Elevator
4.1.2.1 Removal of elevator
- Remove seal from upper side of elevator
- Loosen nut (5 mm thread, LN9348 or DIN985-8 zn, width over flats 8
mm) from left inner fixed hinge, remember sequence and position of
washers.
- Remove elevator towards left side, Watch washers, if existent, at pin of
laterally fixed hinge.
- Remove internal sealing from stabilizer.
4.1.2.2 Installation of elevator
- LS4-b, LS4 and LS4-a optional: Install internal seal on upper side of
stabilizer according to section 4.2.1.
- Grease bearings according to Lubrication Schedule, page section 3.4.
- Make sure that washers, if present, are on laterally fixed hinge pin.
- Insert pins into bearings from right to left, do not use force.
- Tighten nut (5 mm thread, LN9348 or DIN985-8 zn, width over flats 8
mm) at fixed hinge with maximum torque 6.4 Nm (0.64 mdaN, 4.7 ft lbs).
- LS4-b, LS4 and LS4-a optionally: Fix internal gap seal to elevator
according to section 4.2.1.
- LS4 and LS4-a Reinstall textile sealing tape on upper side according to
section 4.2.2
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