KAMAZ 5490 - Page 176

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Vehicle lifting by a jack
1. Undo the screw head 1 as required (see Fig.
Hydraulic jack (version)).
2. Undo the locking needle 3 and the filling hole
plug 5 rotating them counterclockwise, and make several
quick swings of pump 2 lever using a tire iron.
3. Drive in the locking needle 3 till stop clock-
wise.
4. Raise the working plungers 4 as required, oper-
ating the pump 2 lever by tire iron.
5. As force applied to pump lever increases at the
end of raising, stop raising.
To lower the vehicle
1. Slowly, screw out the locking needle 3.
2. Screw out the filling orifice plug 5 to release air
and screw it in with cargo lowering over.
Attention!
Never release the parking brake of jacked up ve-
hicle, strictly.
Do not change wheels while in uphill or down-
hill. Vehicle may slide off the jack.
Never start engine in jacked up vehicle. Vehicle
may slide off the jack.
Do not work under jacked up vehicle.
Hydraulic jack
(version)
1
- screw head;
2
- pump lever;
3
- locking needle;
4
- working plungers;
5
- filling orifice plug;
6 - body head part
4
1
5
2
3
screw
pitch
travel of working
plungers
6