TM 10-3990-205-12&P
3-9 REPLACE SLING ASSEMBLY COMPONENTS - CONT
INSPECTION
1.
Inspect the shackles (1) for
damage or excessive wear.
2.
Inspect
the
wire
rope
assemblies (2) for frayed or
broken strands.
Check the
thimbles (3) for excessive wear.
Check the lift ring (4) for dam-
3.
age or excessive wear.
REMOVAL
Remove the screw pins (1) and
1.
shackles (2).
2.
Remove the screw pins (3) and
shackles (4) to disconnect the
lifting ring (6).
INSTALLATION
NOTE
Shackles are to be replaced
in sets of four, unless the
replacement shackle is iden-
tical to the original in speci-
fication and dimension.
1.
Install the bow of the shackles
(4) through lifting ring (6), and
install
the
screw
pins (3)
through the thimbles in the end
of the cable assemblies (5).
Install the bow of the shackles (2) through the thimbles in the end of the cable
2.
a s s e m b l i e s ( 5 ) , a n d i n s t a l l t h e screw pins (1) through the anchor shackles on the
spreader.
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