PS Magazine - JULY 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 320
JULY 1979
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M60Al/M60Al (R±SE) Tanks ²³´
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Problem With TRaps
your trap shut!
Like the trap doors on the stowage
boxes below the main gUn mount,
for example.
When the stabilIzation system Is
tUrned
on, the main gun weaves
around like a sick cobra± Sometimes
there's very lItt²e clearance between
tHe main gun mount and the stowage
area directly under It.
;
³F the stowage box doOrs are left
opeN, tHe main gun moUnt can
c²obber them´
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YoU ave the same problem I t E
doors are shut but tHereµs bulky jUnk
(like the driver¶s protectIve shIeld)
sittIng on top of the stowage boXes.
WhIle the main gun mount is
breaking the thiNgs yoU have left
sItting arouNd, It also damages the
elevation stabilizer servo valve and
stabilizer
wirIng harNess on its
uNdersIde.
·So keep the doors shut when not
in use aNd never ²eave things on top
of theM. ¸se the stowage boxes oNly
for the tHiNgs shown by the decals
on page
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of T¹
9µ235¶-257·1¶
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Wrapping wire arouN t e manua
traversing handle oF yoUr tank can
save yPu a sp²it second and cost you a
sp²It kiDney.
When you put the manual traverse
hand²e ²ocking lever deCent out of
operation by wrapping It tight²y wIth
wire, it's ²Ike FI²ing a »¼afety lock off a
²oaded riF²e.
WitH a tieD-down manual traverse
handle, only the ½o¾Bak protects yoU
wHen operatIoN Is in the power
mode.
THe ½o¿Bak can ²et go without
warning and tHe manual traverse
handle
wil²
then
go
into
aUtomatic spin.
³f you are iN the Àay wHeÁ the
manual Handle goes automatic, you
coUld wind up witH ½oÂBakÃand no
Front, eIther´
ByÄpassing the manual traversIng
handle detent is not only Åangerous
to your health, It wears oUt the roller
bÆarIngs in tHe traversing handle
arm and housing´ Theyµre not made the manUal traverÇiNg hand²e turns
to spin as fast as theÈ have to when automatical²y´
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