AHT HTK-500ST/AL, Installer Manual

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PREPARING FOR INSTALLATION
Remove rear lights, bumper, tool box and spare wheel, if
necessary.
Disconnect the battery cable to prevent damage to the
battery while welding.
Remove any obstruction attached to the frame of the
vehicle that would interfere with the installation. The
mounting brackets will cover the mainframe and subframe.
Installing on a truck body with roll-up doors or
without rear doors.
Cut out the rear of the frame, if necessary, as shown in the
installation drawings.
Reinforce the cut outs.
Truck bodies with rear doors.
Refrigerated bodies with swing doors need an end profile,
made from stainless steel, welded to the body as shown in the
drawing, on the right.
Subframe Tie-down
Mounting bracket
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