PS Magazine - APRIL 1978
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 305
APRIL 1978
'j
stilL some M813's and
"
f
other TM-260±series 5-ton trucks
² wandering
around
Looking
for
J
sometHing to cLobber or a cLiff tO dive
Why?
Because they've stilL got t³e oLd
steering gear
screw tHat
IF THiS IS WHAT YOU'VE GOT
(AS SEEN FROM BACKSiDE)
P-_±
iT CAN BE DANGEROUS
looseN Up. They never got tHe new
LocK-wired screws tHat won't Loosen
up´
It's up to commanders and ·t³eir
maintenance supervisors to get tHese
trucks fixed. THis's a DSµleveL job´ All
the poop¶instructions and ¸S¸s¶is
in TB 43-0001¹39µ2 ºu!
77).
It's aLso
in TM 43µ0143 ºun
77),
para 4-20»
Any ¼Rucks tHat don't ³ave tHe
steering gear mou½ting Hardware
s³ouLd be sent uP to suPPort at the
next semiannuaL service to get tHe job
¾
do½e.
J
±
=²
.±²³
"-³
´/
:-±²³I
¿ntiL tHen, it's up to you drivers to
keep an eye on your truck's steering
gear. After aLl, it's your neckÀnot to
_menÁion an umpteenÂtHousand doLLar
truck and whatever you're carrying in
óe back´
WHiLE tHe engine's Äarming upÅ
transmission in ¸Æ¿TÇAÈ,
handÉ
brake ʸ¶get somebody to turn the
steering wheeL back and forth´
Èook for movement where the
steering gear mounting screws pass
through the trucK frame and into the
steering gear box´
Èoose? Get your s³op to seËd tHat
truck up to DS¶rigHt now
Ì
for t³e
new Hardware.
16
Dear EditoR.
We've
fun±
that
th²
5-ton
wRecker's thRottle control cable For
CRan³
a
´µa¶
wc
on
bi
A Is
Ha·¸ To
use
UnL²sS
²t
get¹ ºuBe»¼
S
No½
W
L¾¿À
Te
Áa ÃuÄ
³
p
ŲÆVIÇ,
l
Èo:
Éemove the cable FRom the truckÊ
Place the crimped paRt in a viseË
DoubleÌnut the thr²aded endÊ
Íry tuÎinG th² cor²Ïire easYÊ
WoRk it FRee s
i
owlYÊ Wh²n it beÐins to
tuÑ in th² casinG. ÒlowlY puÓ it outÊ
KeeÔ tension on the wire so it wonÕt
kin/ oR bendÊ
Wipe the wiRe clean and stRaiÐht²n
out anY kinksÊ
´
it's shotÖ Your suppoRt
wiÓ hav² to Ðet You a new control
assemblY×
Pack the casinÐ Ïith silicone Gr²aseÊ
ØÙØ 6850Ú00Û880Ü7616 Ðets an 8Ý
oz tubeÊ ØÙØ 6850Ú00Ú295Ì7685 is
ÞoR a 10Ûlb canÊ
Use
A
var±²bLE ³PEED
.
DrIl´-at
³µow ³pEED-
-TO WORK THE COREWIrE "
bACK iN¶ ·ET ThE WIRE
RUN THROUGH A hANDFU·
OF Si¸ICONE GrEA³E
ßube about
4
inches oF wire at a time
and woRk it into the casinÐÊ àontinue
lubinÐ until the control cable is back
toÐetherÊ
àW2 JerRy White
µM¶µ4
زÏburGhá âã
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