PS Magazine - MARCH 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 280
MARCH 1976
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•Turn in smooth, long curves. Pivot
±
steering at any speed wears out more
·
±
track Rubber in a few seconds than a
²
whole day's road march. Keep pivot
steeRing to a minimUm.
•Kee³ yoUr ´Rack ´enSion adjUS´ment
riGHt .
.. like it says in tµe -10 manUal
witH changes that coveR yoUr M60¶
series tanks¸ Poor tRack tension is the
¹rime
track
killerºand
RemembeR "
»rack that's too tiGh¼ is J½st as bad as
!
"·±²
loose track¾ You cHeck And adJust
;
•. ²
tension
af´er
eacH
operation
as
³
i
´
4
;
1
.
•¿everse youR T142
track at 3,000 miLesÀ
µ
Ámong other things
tHisÂll s)ift tÃe wear to
eelsÄwear plAtes,
Å
ompensating idler wheeLs, supÆort
RoLlers,
sÆrockets,
bumÆer
springs,
orsion bars, center guiDes, and enD
OnnectoRs
for Wear and damage. Ço it
fter operations and during Halts. È
Ast
É
eyebalL tour won't cÊt it. Take yoUr
imE and
ive Âem a careful going over.
•Ëook for badly chUnked
or dead tracÌ bLocks. THey
also Rate high in the track
killer list, so repLace 'em
pronto.
•¿evie
T
21Í306ÎJÏst to brusH Up
¶
on your driving techniqUes. Èll tHe
inspections in tHe world go down tHe
drain in a Hurry if you ÐcowboyÑ yo½r
rig over hill and dale in an alLÒout
effort to latch on to tHe Track Killer
,
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