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AP41.10-P-4152Z Propeller Shaft - Checking Couplings For Damage



Propeller Shaft - Checking Flexible Couplings For Damage And Deformation







DANGER:
- Risk of fatal accident if the vehicle slips off the lifting platform
- Align vehicle between the columns of the lifting platform and position the four support plates at the lifting platform support points specified by the vehicle manufacturer.


1 Lift vehicle with lifting platform
2 Check flexible couplings and vibration damper for wear, damage and deformation

NOTE: Visual inspection, if necessary: Replace flexible coupling or vibration damper as a separate repair order.

3 Check spacers of flexible coupling in vicinity of fitted sleeves for cracks and permanent deformation

NOTE:
- Vehicles with flexible couplings (absorbing acceleration/deceleration) mounted at the transmission end.
- Visual inspection, if necessary: Replace flexible coupling as a separate repair order.

4 Check spacers of vibration damper for crack

NOTE: Visual inspection, if necessary: Replace vibration damper as a separate repair order.