BOOM TMS700E SERVICE MANUAL
4-8 Published 01-29-2015, Control # 512-01
44. Remove the four bolts and hardened washers securing
each front top wear pad to Section 3. Remove the wear
pads and shims, noting quantity, size, and location of
shims.
45. Remove the four bolts and hardened washers securing
the guide block to the bracket on the bottom front of
Section 3.
46. Lift up on the front of Section 4 and remove the bottom
and side wear pads and shims from Section 3, noting
quantity, size, and location of shims.
47. Continue to pull the assembly from Section 3, removing
the top rear wear pads from Section 4 as they clear
Section 2.
48. Remove the two flat head screws securing the rear side
wear pads to Section 4. Remove the wear pads and
shims, noting quantity and size of shims.
49. Remove the two bolts and hardened washers securing
the bottom wear pad to Section 3 and remove the wear
pad.
50. If necessary, remove both grease fittings, connectors,
and grease lines from the rear of Section 3.
51. Remove the retract cable sheave mounts from the rear
of Section 4.
52. Remove the mounting plates from the upper cylinder
barrel mounting lugs.
53. Slide the telescope cylinder assembly out the rear of
Section 4 until access to the wear pad holders on each
side of the upper telescope cylinder support foot is
obtained. Remove the two bolts and hardened washers
securing each holder and remove the holders.
NOTE: The upper telescope cylinder weighs
approximately 756 kg (1667 lb) and the lower
telescope cylinder weighs approximately 937 kg
(2066 lb).
54. If necessary, remove the two screws securing the wear
pad to each holder and remove the wear pad.
55. Remove the two bolts and hardened washers securing
the extend cable keeper plate to the rear of Section 4.
Remove the keeper plate and remove the four extend
cable ends from the slots in Section 4.
56. Continue to slide the telescope cylinder assembly out of
Section 4. Lowering the rear of Section 4 and raising the
rod end of the cylinders will aid in removal.
57. Remove the retract cable lug ends from the slot on each
side of the lower telescope cylinder mount.
58. At each retract cable sheave mount, remove the grease
fitting from the shaft. Remove the two bolts and
hardened washers securing the shaft and remove the
shaft, sheave, and two thrust washers from each mount.
Remove the retract cable from each mount.
59. Remove the four bolts and hardened washers securing
the upper telescope cylinder support to the lower
telescope cylinder mount. Remove the cylinder support
from the upper cylinder.
60. If necessary, remove the flat head screws securing each
wear pad to the cylinder support and remove the wear
pads.
61. Using an adequate lifting device, remove the upper
cylinder from the lower cylinder.
62. On the front of Section 4, remove the two nuts and a
hardened washer from the end of each retract cable and
remove the retract cables from Section 4.
63. Remove the four bolts and hardened washers securing
the guide block to the bracket on the bottom front of
Section 4.
64. Remove the two flat head screws securing the rear
bottom wear pad on Section 4 and remove the wear pad.
65. If necessary, remove both grease fittings, connectors,
and grease lines from the rear of Section 4.
66. On the lower telescope cylinder mount, remove the two
bolts and hardened washers securing plates that secure
the shaft. Remove the plates, shaft, and mount from the
lower telescope cylinder.
67. If necessary, remove four flat head screws securing the
skid pad to the cylinder mount and remove the skid pad.
68. Remove the two bolts and lockwashers securing the
extend cable retainer plate to the front of the upper
telescope cylinder. Remove the retainer plate.
69. Remove the four extend cables from the sheave
assembly.
70. Remove
the grease fitting
from the shaft. Remove the
two bolts and hardened washers securing each plate to
the sheave mounting assembly. Remove the sheave
shaft and the sheave assembly from the mounting
assembly.
71. Remove the four bolts and hardened washers securing
the sheave mounting assembly to the support foot.
WARNING
Ensure the telescope cylinders are securely blocked and
some means used to hold them together to prevent any
accidental movement. Severe injury can occur if the
cylinders drop.
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