Figure 2-7. Sign installed on sloping fender (slope angle exceeds 30° from vertical).

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4. Install bracket to sign with two bolts

9. Drill an 11/32-inch hole in fender or

120741 (3/4 in. Ig), two washers 138538, and two nuts

splash shield to correspond with the hole in the altered

120368.

bracket and secure the bracket with one bolt (3/4 inch

long), one washer, and one nut. Figure 2-6 shows sign

5. Position the sign in the desired

installed on splash shield. Figure 2-7 shows sign

location on the fender or splash shield. Bend short leg of

installed on sloping fender.

bracket, as required, to conform to the contour or slope

Instructions for unlocking and locking the

of fender.

retaining plate is as follows:

6. Using the short leg of the bracket as

(1) Unlocking retaining plate. With the thumb of

a template, drill two 11/32-inch holes in fender or splash

one hand, press down firmly on one stack of numeral

shield.

plates (fig. 2-8). With the other hand, press down gently

7. Attach the sign to the fender or

on the retaining plate and pivot the plate away from the

splash shield with two bolts (3/4 in. long), two washers

lock pin. To remove retaining plate completely, press

and two nuts.

down firmly on the remaining stack of numeral plates and

8. Secure the altered long universal

free retaining plate from the other lock pin.

bracket to the sign with one bolt (3/4 in. long), one

washer, and one nut. (Insert bolt in hole located

between two stacks of numeral plates on sign).

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