PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1973
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
1973 SERIES, ISSUE 250
SEPTEMBER 1973
YOUR CRANE'S PINION GEARS nEED YOU .
..
LOVE 'EM AND LUBE ,
.
EM
Stark naked pinion gears lead the Models· 2380, 2385 and 2360 cranes
to ruin.
You can stop 'em by putting enough lube on ±em sO nO bright metal
sho:s.
Then, cHeck 'em often .². at least every 10 hours oF operatiOn³
Never Let the cOuntershaFt pinion spur gear geE away Without Lube.
It'Ll wear doWn ´st and throw other gears out OF kiLterµ too.
PINiON GEAR
SHOULD BE
WeLL lUBED
This could mean days o¶ headaches, doWntime and manhours to put
'em Back into shape again.
So, ge¸ tHe good wOrd ¹om Note 3 oF º» 5-3810¼232¼12-3 (May 70)
and º» 5¼38½0¼227¼15-2 ¾an 64).
It teLLs you how Co Cake care oF the pinions and the exposed gears.
CaRRIeR enGin± booST
Did you ge¸ the word?
¿hange the rear engine mounts on
your Model 2380 crane carrier.
Àigh temperAtures and humidity
won't hurt the new ones.
THeir ÁSN is 5340Â073Ã936½, PN
¿Ä 1ÅÅ9ƽ0 (76005)Ç
Item 29 in TÄ 75ż97½Ã2 (May 72)
70
IF you haven't replaced 'em,
get
support to do it now.
a
Lopsided engine couLd dAmage
the carrier components.
-±²³
Play tHe cooL caRÈWith your ModeL 238 5 20-ton rough terrain crane.
¿heck the hydrauLic tank oil level daiLy.
Do it by Éhe numbers, thOugh ³.³ Êllow the tank±s instruction plate.
MOst impOrtant, make sure you
relieve the pressure inside the tank
By extending all the outriggers and
dozer cylinders. Then, you unscrew
the cap-dipstick, but s¼Ë¼o¼w¼l¼y²
I¶ you go at it any other way, yOu
couLd miss tHe mark By ´r and get
drenched Ìith hot oiL to Boot³
'Nother thing, watch out Ír Éhose
cap¼dipstick marks. »riginaLly, they
Were Wrong. The "addÎ mark really
sHould be the "ÏllÎ mark.
ChANGE "ADD± MARK
TO "FULL± MARK
Make Chis change the sOonest. You can get the How¼to¼do¼it details
¹om para 2Ð OF TÑ 750-971-2 (May 72) or page 19 oF PS Òssue 241.
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