Dodge MD Series - Rear Axle and Braking Systems

REAR AXLE
Th e real' axl e se l' Vl 'S a dual puqJO sc - that of ·' upP o l, tin g th c I 'c al' cllli
of lilt' tru ck and al~o 10 Jil 'cc t th c pow e l' lIi-lin'I' c ll Ihl'ou gh th e pro-
pell e r ~ hafr 10 Ihl' real' wh e el s,
Th e Ill'i\'I' pillioll alld I'III~
!!l'al' ilia kl ' p oss ilJi e Ihl'
"I'i !! hl all!!II,d" deli ve ry of
pOWl'l' 10 Ih e axl e s hafl "
a
II dill e II 1'1' lo th c rea I'
wllt'l'l s, while Ih c dilTerc II'
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jal a;;se lilidy pe r",it s olle
real' wheel 10 Ira vel fa sle l'
Ihall IIII' olhl'r wh e ll l'o ullIl·
III:,! a (' OI"U'",
TIlt' ~ pil'al IlI'vcI !!I'lIl' 1'1',11 '
axil' wilh wllil ,h \'I)UI' Il'ud ..
i ,. e l(llipl H' d. pw\ ,jdcs for
IIII' u ~(' of lUll !! alld ~ II'Oll!! !!('al' 11 ' (' lh , Thi s l'I 's ull ", ill '1ujl'l opel'alioll
alld 10llg ]if ~ ,
( ' ~ I' l'I'al' a x l, ' fluid !!1'1I 1' luhri ca llt.
S
U"'"" 'I': S,A ,E, 1\' 0, ]60,
\\! i II I f'I': S,:\, E. N o, 9 0,
II is d l'~ il'a"II' 10 U ~I' a luhl'i('allL Ihat will 1)(' fluid al 01' Iwal' Ih c 1('""
pl'l'alUl'I's
at whi ch it will hc II se d,
A JlIllI'ic alll (' olltailljll!! ;; olid IIlall' l'ials is ulld( 's il'ald e for Itall 01' I'O lle l
hc
al 'illg luhl'i c alioll,
It i", extl'(' lnt'l y illlpol ' tantthat th,' re ar axl c hc ,Ir 'a in eu, flu s h,,"
out thoroughl y with flu s hin g oil (not kc ro se ne) all flus hing
oil eOlllple tel y I' c lllon ' '' , lind refill ed with th c prop cr g rau,' of
luhri ca nt atl e a"'t on cc cvcry 6()OO mil es .
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EASIER STEERING
In th e st eer in g; gca r of yo ur tru ck ar c inc o rporat co ce rtain im-
provclll e nt " which tIIakc it cve n easier to ~ t ce r , ca sicr to park,
than cvc r h e for e.
T hc
itllp o rtan cc of st cc rin g; co ntr ol n ce d not lJe c mpha sizcd.
St cc rin g; is one job th c drj" cr is doing all th c tim c th e tru ck
is runnin g, Th c hall and roll er b c[ u'in gs u, cd thr ou g hout th c
st cc rin g; ~y te m co ntribut e mu ch to easy st ee rin g. Th c wh cels
ar c pla cc d at pr ed ete rmin cd an gl es w ith eacll o th cr so as to
fut,th er oycr co m e na-
tural r csi, tanc c huilt up
h y m OVe llll'nt of th e
tru ek and wlreel co nta ct
with th c road, Som e-
tim cs th ese an gl es ar e
chang c d I JY maj or or
ll1inor lIlis hap s- 0 don 't
s
qll ee ze th e cllrb. to ne
wlrcn tUl'ning a t' OU II tl
],('c au se th at i ,-; liabl c to
h Clltl S Olli e of th e sl ee r-
j ng ll1 ec ha 11 i ;; lIl , e nou g; h
to c
ali se stiffer st ee rin g
and rapid we ar of tire
tir e .
It 's e m ;)" to 1IIa;nta;n
t h e :steering e.fficiency oll;f t ill to yo"r truck
Vis it yo ur authoriz ed lI ealer pe riodicall y and let hilll ch e ck th e
ali g nm c nt of yo ur front wllc els, A lso kl\ 'e him in !" p e l'l th e
~ t ce ri ng ge ar o('(' a ~ iona II y,
l Yot C: " 'h e ll Illbri c alili g the s t ee rill g gl',lI', c an ' ",hullld he
tak"11 10 av oid o\,l '!' -fillill g .h e "tl'l'I'ilig g ,'m ' hody , a'" thi " ilia ),
fill th e s Lt ',' rin g C OIUlllil ja c kl'l Lo ov('dlowillg.
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