GILLIG LOW FLOOR, Service Manual

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Suspension
1. Remove bolt (43), lock washer (44) and turn signal bracket (45) from turn signal housing (47).
Remove turn signal housing and contact brush assembly (46).
2. Remove tilt & telescope lever (33), screw (25), spring cover plate (26), four screws (48) or two
screws (48) and two screws (25), actuator housing (27), spring (28), actuator cam & pin assem -
bly with cam (32), lock pin (29), pivot pin (31) and spring (30).
3. Remove disengaging plate (34), lockbar (36), spring (38), wedge lock (35), and spring (37).
4. Detach springs (41 & 42) from main housing (18). Remove upper spring cover (39).
5. Remove four screws (4) from support bracket (17) and lower housing (2).
Be ready for the lower housing (2) and universal joint (6) assembly to
eject under spring (7) tension from the main housing assembly.
6. Remove retaining ring (1) from the lower end of universal joint (6) and lower housing (2) assem-
bly. Remove the universal Joint assembly (6) from lower bearing housing (2). Remove bearings
(3) from lower bearing housing only if the bearings are to be replaced. Suitable bearing puller
required. Remove plug (14) from end of splined u-joint column if it is to be replaced. 3/16 inch
Allen wrench required.
7. Remove lower spring cover (40), springs (41 & 42) and spring retaining rod (5) from lower bear -
ing housing (2). Remove button head stop screw (23) and internal lock washer (24) from main
housing (18) assembly.
8. Push wheel tube (10) and jacket tube (8) assembly out through the lower end of main housing
(18) assembly.
If you disassemble the jacket tube and wheel tube assembly further, you
must replace the two bearings (3) and retaining ring (111) in the jacket
tube because of the press fit and anaerobic locking agent.
9. To remove the wheel tube and sleeve assembly (10) from jacket tube (8), remove retaining ring
(1) from top end of wheel tube and retaining ring (15) from jacket tube. Insert an 8 inch (20cm)
long, 3/4 inch (1.9 cm) diameter rod or tube into the splined sleeve end of wheel tube and press
out the wheel tube and bearing assembly while retaining the jacket tube. Do not scratch or nick
jacket tube finish.
10. Press the bearings (3) off of the wheel tube and splined sleeve assembly (10) using a suitable
tubular bearing removal tool and discard bearings. Remove retaining ring (11) from wheel tube
and discard.
11. If support bracket (17) is to be removed from main housing (18), first remove two self-tapping
screws (22), stop cover (21), and the one or two travel stop pins (20), from main housing assem-
bly. Note the letters of the holes with stop pins as they are removed.