PS Magazine - JANUARY 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 302
JANUARY 1978
Murphy
Strikes
Again-
You've gotta know what's up wheN
you iNstall the speNt cartridge deflec-
Tor plate o± your
m85
machiNe guN.
If you haNg it o± your guN dowN-
side up or oN the upPer side of the feed
a±D ejector assembly lugs, you've got
Trouble. ²he speNt cartRidges haNg up
(ugh!), aNd you're doNe shootiNg till
you cure the proBlem³
HEre's the backgrouNd:
²he deflector plate,
NSN
1005±00²
863±7797,
is used wheN th´
µ
m85'³
moUNTed oN the
m´0µ m´0¶l
aNd
m´0¶3
taNks, plus The
m728
combat
e±giNeer vehicle¶
²he plate's mouNted ON the side of
the ·eCe¸ver asseMbl¹ºthe opposi»e
side Fro¼ Wh½re the ¾ee¿ aN¿ ejÀctor ¸s
mouNte¿. Át uses »he sa¼Â lugs as the
fÃed AN¿ ejector ·¸g, bÄt oN tÅÂ
oÆposite s¸de oF the rece¸veÇ.
1
THE
Èla»É GoÊs ˱ÌerNÍaÎÏ ÐhÑ ÒÓÔÕÖiN× Lugs .
.Ø ÙÚt ÛN t0ÜÝ
·¸¹
Þßàte áas
º»P¼d
âãäeaåsæ açè éêe së·ews ìusí go tîroïgh tðñ lugs to òull tóô õlatö t÷gøt
agaùúSû tüý lþÿ
botTOms.
ÁĀ āoĂ ăN
½
sĄąĆćĈ ĉĊċougČ
±he
člaĎď aNĐ tđĆN iĒstall ¸ē
on
toĔ
²f
t
h
e
lugs,
tĕñ ĖlėtĘ ęĚlě ĜĝuNcĆ
OF³´
2.
Ğhñ± you mou±t the plaTe o± The BoTTom of The lugsğ the plaTe'Ġ Bñvellñd
ñdge muĠT Be
dµwn¶L·ck
washerĠ go o± top of Thñ lugĠ ³³³ ±oT ġeTĢeñ±ģThe luĤ
a±d Tĥe plaTe³
²ack TĥiĠ i± your headğ si±Ħe you'vñ goTTa swiTch The plaTe fRom o±e side To
The oTheR for RighT oR lñfT ha±ħ Ĩeed: Bñvñl
dµwn,
plate o± ĩĪītĪ¼ of lugs³
FLA¾ ¿DG¿
FI¾S FLUSÀ
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