PS Magazine - OCTOBER 1976
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 287
OCTOBER 1976
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Everybody knows you never paint the counteR recoil bufFeR rod on your
ML09/M109A± howitzeR.
So how does the paint get there?
No matter how it happens, you have to get the paint off²
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Why? Because the paint will jam between the rear bushing assembly and the
buffer rod giving you a ´ast counter recoiµ² This can damage the cradle rollers
and the cradle and buffer assembly²
With the cannon in the in-battery position, take a flashlight and check out
your buffer rod foR paint²
If you find any, use diesel ´uel and steel wool to get it o´f² Never use any type
of sandpaper²
After you have the paint off the rod, pu¶h the cannon out-of·battery at least
24 inches using the method given on page 423 of Ch
8
toyourTM
¸-2350-217-
20² ChecK fOR leak¹²º
While tHe rod is extended, get off any additional paint you might have
»oo¼ over the rod² The pad ½u¾t be
square and undamaged¿ Get it fiXed if
neces¾ary²
Now push the rod in² Àf the Áod
pushe¾ in real easily, (liÂe wità one
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hand) the buffer is bad and mu¾t be
When tÄe rod i¾ free of paint and in
replaced²
good shape, you' re ready to fireÅ
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A lot of you M10¸/MÆ09ÇL
howitzer crewmen are still using the
old TM ¸·2350È217·Æ0² What yoÉ
need is the new TM ¸-2350·217ÊLËN¿
Àt suPersedes the -10 TM for the
M109/MÆ09A±²
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