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2021 MCNEILUS REAR LOADER

Service bulletins

9 bulletins

Technical service bulletins are instructions a manufacturer sent its dealers about a known fault. They are not recalls and the work is usually not free, but they are the clearest signal of a problem the manufacturer already knows about.

REL-IB-027

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McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing provides these instructions for replacing hardware on the front ejector shoes of a Rear Loader refuse vehicle in order to create greater clearance between the hardware and the ejector track. The potential clearance issue is specific to vehicles with hex head fasteners at the front lower and upper ejector shoes.

MISC-IB-084-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing requires an inspection and replacement, if needed, to ensure the Bob Tail® Huck® bolts are fully swaged with correct thread exposure on the rear pivot cross member body mounts. Revision A updates the replacement bolt length to 90mm

MISC-IB-084

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing requires an inspection and replacement, if needed, to ensure the Bob Tail® Huck® bolts are fully swaged with correct thread exposure on the rear pivot cross member body mounts.

MISC-WI-010-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing offers these instructions for programming the 5” IFM display CR1058 (McNeilus PN 1641423) for Rear Loader (Standard model 10 and tag axle model 12), Meridian Front Loader (model 78), and Zero Radius Side Loader (model 48).

MISC-WI-011-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing offers these instructions for programming the 7” IFM display CR1083 (McNeilus PN 1649565) for Rear Loader (Standard model 10 and tag axle model 12), Meridian Front Loader (model 78), and Zero Radius Side Loader (model 48).

MISC-WI-012-A

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing offers these instructions for the programming installation for the Deep Sea Display.

ZR-IB-017

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing, Inc. states that making any changes to the eZR Low Voltage (LV) wiring system on Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) units have been shown to, in some instances, affect the ability of the system to properly charge. Typically, BEV systems rely on a complete sleep mode during charging; therefore, any changes that affect the ignition key-off state of the vehicle have been shown especially likely to impact the charging procedure.

MISC-TSIB-081

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

According to an amended ruling in the visual inspection labeling requirement in Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) No. 304, the periodic inspection interval for compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel containers has been modified to “at least every 12 months.” McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing will support this change by updating safety decals and installing these new decals when a vehicle is inspected by McNeilus CNG technicians, and by answering questions regarding this periodic inspection interval update and how McNeilus will support it.

REL-TSIB-025

Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions

McNeilus Truck and Manufacturing offers these instructions to help reduce the potential of over-current activity on a specific Rear Loader CODE controls circuit during cold weather. There is the potential that during cold weather, circuit 40 on CODE control Rear Loaders may over-current. An addition of a relay will allow the circuit to operate without tripping the over-current.

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