Cushman MINUTE MISER Technician's Repair And Service Manual page 117

STEERING AND SUSPENSION
Read all of Section B and this section before attempting any procedure. Pay particular attention to all Notes, Cautions and Warnings
2. Loosen the axle nuts and lower the entire wheel, hub
and axle assembly from the front fork.
3. With tire and wheel removed, remove the flange bolt
and washer passing through the center of the rubber
suspension mount.
4. Remove the two clamping bolts and nuts, remove the
clamp (Ref Fig. 9 on page P-5).
5. Remove the rubber torsalastic spring.
6. Reverse the procedure for reassembly.
Rear Springs
1. Raise the vehicle as necessary to relieve tension on
the springs.
2. Remove the nuts which secure the shock to vehicle
and to the power frame. Note the orientation of the
special cupped washers, so they can be installed the
same way.
3. Remove the nut which secures the bottom spring
retainer disk to the power frame assembly.
4. Raise the rear of the vehicle, following the power
frame to swing down.
5. Loosen or remove the nuts which secure the spring
retainers to the vehicle body.
6. To reinstall, insert the upper spring retainer disks into
the top ends of the springs. Turn them until the end of
the spring coil extends 1/4" beyond the edge of the
flange, and install them into the vehicle frame.
7. Insert the spring bumpers into the springs, then rein-
stall the lower spring retainer disks by turning them
into the bottoms of the springs until the end of the
spring coil extends approximately 1/4" beyond the
edge of the retainer disk flange (Ref Fig. 10 on page
P-6). Tighten the nuts to hold them to the power
frame.
8. Lower the vehicle to compress the springs and allow
reattachment of the shock absorber.
9. Reconnect the shock absorber, with the edges of the
cupped washer against the shock absorber and their
centers bowed away from the shock absorber.
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Shock Absorber
1. Remove the lock nuts and cupped washers securing
2. Raise the rear of the vehicle enough to relieve pres-
3. Reverse the procedure to reinstall the shock
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Fig. 10 Spring
the shock absorber to the mounting studs. Note the
direction of curvature of the special cupped washers.
sure on the shock absorber, and remove it from the
vehicle.
absorber.
1
1/4"