KAMAZ 5490 Operation Manual page 176

Vehicle lifting by a jack
1. Undo the screw head 1 as required (see Fig.
Hydraulic jack (version)).
2. Undo the locking needle 3 and the filling hole
plug 5 rotating them counterclockwise, and make several
quick swings of pump 2 lever using a tire iron.
3. Drive in the locking needle 3 till stop clock-
wise.
4. Raise the working plungers 4 as required, oper-
ating the pump 2 lever by tire iron.
5. As force applied to pump lever increases at the
end of raising, stop raising.
screw
pitch
travel of working
4
1
6
5
2
3
plungers
Hydraulic jack
(version)
1 - screw head;
2 - pump lever;
3 - locking needle;
4 - working plungers;
5 - filling orifice plug;
6 - body head part
To lower the vehicle
1. Slowly, screw out the locking needle 3.
2. Screw out the filling orifice plug 5 to release air
and screw it in with cargo lowering over.
Attention
!
Never release the parking brake of jacked up ve-
hicle, strictly.
Do not change wheels while in uphill or down-
hill. Vehicle may slide off the jack.
Never start engine in jacked up vehicle. Vehicle
may slide off the jack.
Do not work under jacked up vehicle.
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