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INSTALLATION, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
INSTALLATION, OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS
3.2 UNCOUPLING
1)
Lock the semi-trailer wheels;
2)
Wind down the semi-trailer landing legs until they touch the ground;
3)
Release the fifth wheel lock mechanism as follows:
Draw the operating handle (19c) upwards whilst pushing it towards the
front end of the vehicle then draw it outward, towards the vehicle's outside
right end, until the operating handle (19c) pin locks onto the fifth wheel's
edge rim.
CAUTION: do not use gears or any external mechanism to open up
the fifth wheel.
If the operating handle will not unlock, check that all the required
CAUTION: If the operating handle (19c) is hard to operate on, reverse
the tractor unit to relieve the pressure put on the fifth wheel jaw by
the semi-trailer king pin.
4)
Uncouple the tractor unit by moving slowly forwards until the semi-trailer king
pin has moved out of the fifth wheel coupling point by about 30-50 cm.;
CAUTION: contact between the fifth wheel and the semi-trailer
counter plate must never be broken.
FIFTH WHEEL Rp10
19c
19c
3 3
1 1
1 1
PAG.
18/36
CHAP . 3
REV. 00
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