PS Magazine - AUGUST 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 249
AUGUST 1973
I
The stock number of a complete TL42 track shoe assembly is FSN
2530-150-5897. (Order in multiples of 8.)
OncE you get your T 142 track o±, you can usE thesE kIts ²r rEp³aceMEnt
parts:
KIT
Center guide w±th bolt and nut
Center gU²de nut only
Track pads and nuts
(2
each)
Tra³k pad nut
End conne´or wedge and screw
Wµdge and s³rew
.
only
Wµdge only
Screw only
´ike you can see, some of the new
track parts are the same as the old
ones and some are notµ
Wedges
and
screws
are
intErchangeablE betweEn old and
new track and so are center guide
bo³tsµ However, centEr guidE nuts ²r
the new track are dI¶erent and so
are center guides (both pieces) and
the tracK connectors·
FSN
2530-150±5893
2530²150²5³95
5310²³73²6955
2530´150²5³96
2530²150²5³94
2530±039µ9153
5305±726±2544
(MS
51943²1³)
AsIde ¸om t¹e parts that arE t¹e saºe on bot¹ o³d and nEw tracK,
nevEr intermix tracK s¹oes» UsE eIt¹er al³ ¼Ew tracK or a³l o½d tracK
o± bot¹ sIdes of your tank·
¶·
RIGfT
.•±
i DON
¸
t D¹g
d!ACcln' ºEW »La¼K<
½¾U¿À.
Torque is no pr¾blem because cEnter guides (30¿-À2¿ ÁtÂlbs) and wEdge
bolts ( 140-160) are torqued the same on both old and new trackà The
nEw t¹ing to rEmember Is the torque ²r the track pad nuts (24¿-27¿)Ä
WrIte It in your TÅ ²r easy reÆrence·
SpeaKIng of tracK pad nuts, on
some early production TÇ42 tracK,
the tracK pads were put on wit¹
EithEr of 2 dI¶Erent tyPes of nuts.
One of t¹Ese nuts may be ¹ard to
rEmove or tIghtEn wIth t¹e 12ÈpoInt
JÉ/-in socKEt wrenc¹ socKet ('Èin sq
dr) FSN 512¿È189-7914 from your
Basic Issue items. T¹e socket you
ÊEEd ²r t¹e job is a 6Èpt L
Ys
Inch
Áv
sq dr) FSN 51À¿-227-668 ǵ ËtÌs
in both t¹E No·
Â
ComMon and Íoµ
2 SuPPleºenta³ too³ Kits and is Part
ÎÏ t¹E basIc IssuE ItEºs ²r t¹E ÅÐÐ
tanK rEcovery ve¹IclEµ
1 3/32"
1 1/8Ã
Ñn casE youÒrE wo¼dErI¼g, taKing o¶
Ó
soºE or a³³ of t¹E tracK Pads
is aut¹orizEd to iºProvE tractÔÕn I¼ s¼ow or sand» You Öust ¹aVE to
bE carE×l ¼ot to bEat uP a¼y PavEd RoaDs w¹E¼ you ¹aVE t¹E Pads oØ
¶Ä
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