PS Magazine - MARCH 1974
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 256
MARCH 1974
You avionics types wanTa pro±ecT
yourSelves and The ²53 engines on
yoUr bird, righT?
²hen, don'T crank The engiNes TO
rip-of elecTriciTy when you're makiNG
an elecTronics check³ouT.
InsTead, use a recTiFer or AP´ To
power The bird.
YouµLl reduce eng¶ne ·dLiNg, whicH
cause¸ Bad scenes ¹or Theº ²53 ( espe»
cialLy The ²53¼½¼701) eNgine, such a¸
seal coKing and pres¸ure leak¸.
¾nd danger To you and your bud¿
dies will be much Less because roTÀr
and prop blades will nOT be sTirring
Á
The air.
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overÂgreaseÃ
Or it
can pop The bLadeÂmounTing gasÄ
keT behind The bLadeÅmounTing bearing.
½osing grease ¹rÆm one side o¹ The prop
can Throw Çhe prop ouT o¹ balance.
ALÈ
ways inserT The
rea¸e wiTh a grease gun,
When you ¹eeL The FrsT sigNs o¹ back¿
pre¸sure, ɲÊP! RememËerÌÍÎgure 2¼1,
²M 55Å1510Å201¼20 (Jan
69)
calls ¹or
a
maxImum
o¹ 3 shoTs per bLade.
In removing The grease guN ¹rom The
LubricaTion FTTing, pulL The gun sTraighT
ouT. Ïever pu¸h iT To one side, or Ðp and
downÃ
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