Field artillery materiel

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XIV. To Remove Equalizing Gear and Pinions.

1. Remove top carriage (see XIII), wheels (see VIII), brake mechanism (see XV) and trails (see XVI).

2. Turn pintle bearing bottom side up, remove 29 screws which attach washers and binders and remove equalizing-gear cover.

3. Remove split pins and nuts from both locking ring-clamp bolts, unscrew and remove rings (one right, one left).

4. Slide equalizing pinion off axle arms.

5. Remove split pins from right equalizing-gear bolts, hold nuts tight, unscrew and remove bolt, remove nut and washer, remove left equalizing-gear bolt, nut, and washer in the same manner.

6. Remove locking screw and equalizing-gear support (using special wrench). Lift up and remove equalizing gear.