Specifications

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MAINTENANCE MANUAL
Notes
About This Manual
This manual provides maintenance and service
information for theMeritor forward tandem drive
axles, including the RT-140; -144; -145; -149;
-160; -169; RZ-166; -186 and -188 Series mod-
els.
Before You Begin
1. Read and understand all instructions and proce-
dures before you begin to service components
2. Read and observe all Warning and Caution
hazard alert messages in this publication.
They provide information that can help pre-
ventseriouspersonalinjury,damagetocom-
ponents, or both.
3. Follow your company’s maintenance and ser-
vice, installation, and diagnostics guidelines.
4. Use special tools when required to help avoid
serious personal injury and damage tocom-
ponents.
Hazard Alert Messages and Torque
Symbols
WARNING
A Warning alerts you to an instruction or proce-
dure that you must follow exactly to avoid seri-
ouspersonalinjuryanddamagetocomponents.
CAUTION
A Caution alerts you to an instruction or proce-
dure that you must follow exactly to avoid dam-
age to components.
@ This symbol alerts you to tighten fasteners to
aspeciedtorquevalue.
Information contained in this publication was in effect at the time
thepublicationwasapprovedforprintingandissubjecttochange
without notice or liability. Meritor Heavy Vehicle Systems, LLC,
reserves the right to revise the information presented or to dis-
continue the production of parts described at any time.
How to Obtain Additional Maintenance
and Service Information
On the Web
Visit the DriveTrain Plus™ in the Technical Li-
brary Meritor in the site www.arvinmeritor.com
to access and order product, service
The Library also offers a Request Form for Lit-
erature, interactive and printable.
Meritor Technical Support area
Call the Meritor Technical Support area
0800-55 55 30.