RemovingtheIdlerAssembly(continued)
4.Removetheretainingring(2)thatsecurestheidlerassemblytotheidler
pivot(14).
CAUTION
Thetorsionspring(5)isunderheavyloadandcancausepersonal
injury.
Becarefulwhenremovingthetensionfromthetorsionspringof
theidlerarm.
5.Foradditionalleverage,slideanutdriverorsmallpieceofpipeontoeither
endoftheidlerarmtorsionspring(5).Applyenoughloadagainstthetorsion
springtoreleaseitfromthespringstoporidlerarmandcarefullylifttheidler
assemblyfromtheidlerpivot.Releasethetorsionspringslowly.
g241344
Figure47
1.Idlerarm(right)3.1/2inchsquaredrive
2.3/8inchsquaredrive
6.Remove,repairandreplacetheidlercomponentsasnecessary;referto
Figure46.
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