PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 243
FEBRUARY 1973
Push down oN
brake pedal u±til you geT
a gage ReadI±g sLIgHTly
aBove the Reading yoU had
when you seT it.
(A
ReadIng
of
600
foR a
500
set shoUld
do It²) Make This a sTeady
p³essu´eµ
Pum¶ing
The
¶edaL wo±'T do iTµ
2.
·old ThIs ¶Ressu³e aND
move the shIfT leveR fRom P
(paRK) I±to
N
(±eutRaL)¸ ¹his
shouLd be easy To doº »f
The leve³ woN't move¼ TRy
p³essing down haR½eR with
you³ footµ ¾F the sh¿fT leveR
housi±g ¿s FuLL of dusT o³
gook you might have to tap
the shiFt LeveR wIth the
¶aLm oÀ youR haNd a cou¶!
times to make IT moveÁ
IF iT'S STiLL STUCK
If the brake Has been set too hard,
HeRe's what yOu can Cry:
±
T²
toW A lNk w± a
s²uc³ 1´£, fµR¶ D·¸¹OnºE»¼
½¾e
U-³´iµl¶·
.±²³
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M60/M60A1 TANK SOCKEt FIX
Dear Editor,
Anybody who has ever tightened end-connector bolts on an M60
/
M60A 1 tank knows that the '
-
in squ±re
²
drive 15
³
16
²
in socket
´
wrencH socketµ FSN 5L2¶-232·5681¸ doesn¹t do too good a
j
ob beº
c±use it only grips »bout half the end¼connecTor bolt.
Any post or commercial machine shop can quickly shape up tHis
socket by putti½g It on a lathe and
¾
1¸
Cut
1¹1º
INch oFF tÂe FAce oF the
socket To maKe the Face com¶leteLy leveLÁ
After these cuts the socket w¿À grip the he±d of the connectoR BoÁt
alonG its entire lengthÂ
SÃnce this soclCet is used only to turn end²connector bolts
Ä
tHe
chanGed shape of the socket wiÅ not bother ±nything Ælse
Ç
AÈotHer
advantage is tHat the socket can be recut when it wears oUt
É
ÊHËs caÈ
be doÈe at least
3
separate timesµ increasing tHe servËce life oÌ tHe
socKet at Áeast 300 percent
Í
»¼
MSG GE½¾LD ¿ÀÁÁ
FÂÃÄ KÅÂxÆ KY
Ç
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