PS Magazine - MARCH 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 328
MARCH 1980
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Pinning Your life on
OLd BrakE PiNs?
F'RGOSHsAKE±
.
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I²Ve gT tha³
NEW
Brk´ µ¶o· ¸UiD¹ PºN
»¼½up
In
¾
¿ÀºÁ ÂÃÄCÅ-Æ
bÇÈ É cÊnËÌ ÍÎÏÐ!
You can wait until it's too late-or
you can get the new brake shoe guide
pin setup in your 5±ton truck and also
in certain semitrailers towed by 5²ton
tractor trucks.
There's
no
DA requirement
to
make
this
switch,
but
your
own
command can give the word³ It's in the
best interest of Both you and your
equipment.
Parts Kit, Guide Pin, NSN 2530²00±
137±9275, is already in TM 9±2320´
211±20P (May 73), page 2µ103, and in
Ch¶ 2, page 40, TM 9·2320±260²20P
(Nov 72). There' Re no pictures of the
setup in e¸ther ±20P¹ And it's in Ch 1,
paRa 2²193, TM 9²2320±211±20 ºun
73).
This
»
kit can also be used in these
semitrailers, altho it's not yet men¼
tioned in their TM's:
M127 A2C 12±ton stake, M128A2C
12µton van, M129A2C 12±ton supply
van½
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åæMºçèéºlêëìí îïðñò
fiXóô õö÷ øùmú
WAY/
M131A4,
ML31A4C,
i
1
±
²
M¾31A5C, M131A5¿ 5,000Àgal Fuel
transport semitrailers½
A drawing that shows how the new
paRts are installed comes with the Áit.
Complete instRuctions are in TM
43²0143 (Jun 77), para 4Â14aÃ
2V± Ton truck tO²l B²x ³³´
Dear Sergeant A½S½,
A minor alteratÄon by a mechanic
will stop the stickyÀÅingered fellowsÆ
The headshed aÇproves welding a 1±in
extension to the latch arm to stop a
thieÅ Årom slipping the padlock over itÈ
WoRks on the 5µton truck cab tool
boxes, too!
lu/
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