PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1979
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 322
SEPTEMBER 1979
Dear Sergeant R. L. D.,
Refilling the lighter makes sense.
The lighter, NSN
9±20-00²±±±³
6753,
goe± For
$4.15. A
refill kit,
which is good for about
100
refills,
costs only
$1.30´
Dear Windy,
Para 2-18 in TM 55±1680-317±
23&P
'
(Aug 75) on survival kitS ²ayS
·
we have ³o replace the butane ligHter
in our ´RU±21
I
P
.
²urvival veSt if the
Fame iS leSS than 1 inch in heightµ
Keep lighter fiLled
.±
²
BuTµ
how aBout juSt refiLing a ligHter
that iS low on fuel, Windy?
¶
What·² the good word?
´GTR¸
L. D±
You want: Butane Refill Kit, P/N
A31,
available
from
LifEsavers
prOucts, Inc.² Van Nuys,
CA ±1401¶
Instructions
³or u´ing the kit arµ
¶ncluded. ·rder with "exce¸tio¹ dataº
su¸¸ly request .
»
$f Jn-
'
7u!
The reguirement to chaNGe ±He ²uey oIl cooler turbine BEARiNGs
wa
takeN out of TM
··¸¹·º»¹¼½
PM. You will Find the ³´riµG infO i¶ TM
··¾¿·ÀÁÂüĻÅ
L·B
79).
Cap 1-sa¸s the Bear¹NGs aºe
» ¼epla½D
every
ÆÇ
¾hours¿ À
'
52
Dear Sergeant D.
AÈ,
You ca¼'t check torque by sla¸¸ing
a torque wrench on a¹ installed nut
and tightening it. The nut needs
.
_±
²
³´
É;ÊË:ÌÍUÎÏÐÑ
more torque than was originally used
to overcome static ½riction.
Dear Windy,
¹
We have a diSpute going again on
tHe meaning of" checking torqueº and
;»retorquingº
¼
hardware½ aS given in
Para 2±82¾¿ Ch 26 (Jul 78) to TM 55-
1500±204±25/1¸
What·S Àhe realÁdiÂerence beÃween
the two½ Windy?
Dear EditorÄ
The trouble wiÅh thoSe cloth SÆap²
u²ed for locking the OÇÈ58AÉC rear
doorS
³
iS that theyÊ Stretch out of
ShapeËmaking them uSele²S!
´
You can make a more duÌable Strap,Í
in accordance with Îig D-97 in TM 55•
1520±228-23 (Aug Ï8)¸ JuSt uSe
nylon webbiNg, PIÐ 209-001-Ñ38±7,
дР8305-00-267-3009 ¸
´GT Richard
L²
Taylor
Ît¸ Çood, TX
A
torque check means the nut has
to
b
"retorqued.º
¾ou hav¿ to back off on the nut
À
one-half to one ÁÂl Ãurn (never use a
torque wrench). ThÄn, ¸ut the nut iÅ
motion by tightening it with a torque
wrench to thÆ ¸ro¸er torQUe value .
i
,lj
·=±-²³´µ¶¸¹º»¼½¾
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