PS Magazine - JUNE 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 331
JUNE 1980
Dear
E
d
i
tor
,
Lifting th± main pow±r unit
{MPU)
of
the ChAparral
l
aUnch station can
'
b±
²ang±RoUs to cr±wm±n and To ±quip-
ment
.
W± in th± 1
I
51 st ³´³ now us± a µft
bar which pr±v±nts crUsh±d h
¶
nds
·
oth±r injuri±s and dam¸g±d ±qUip
¹
m±nt
.
ºt mak±s pU»ling th±
MPU
±
a
si±r¼
too¼ an½ w±¾V± had good sUcc±ss with
it
¿
À± jUst slid± th± puÁ±r ÂOop ontO th±
bAr
Ã
Äh± locaÁy f¸bricat±d bar is us±d ÅK±
th± tank±rÆs bÇr
.
Äh± w±ight Of th±
I
MPU
is oF
È
c±nt±r
¼
and th± tank±r
¾
s bar
aÁow±d th± h±avy¼ OF
É
ba
l
anc±
MPU
to slidÊ dOwn th± bËr
...
iNto and onto
p±opl± and g±arÌ
Äo maͱ th±Î own µft bar
¼
h±r±Ïs
what ³´³ Units n±±d
:
1 .
A
%-in thick by 36-in
long steeL bar±
I
2.
Two 1-iO lonG by Y-in
Wide bAr steel flat studs.
ºf yoU hav± a w±ld±rÐ yoU can c¸rry
on from th±r±
Ñ
i
nOt
¼
ask yoUr sUpport
for h±lp
.
C±nt±r th±
±
bar st±±
l
stuÒs On Th±
middl± of th± bar
.
S±parat± th±m so
th±r±Ós thr±±
qUart±rs
of
an
iNcH
b±tw±±n th±m
.
Äh± 1Ôin l±ngTh shOuld b± ¸crOss Th±
b¸r
.
Õ
Ow
Ð
TuÖ ±¸ch ×Tud at a 45Ø
d±gr±± paraÁ±l ¸nGl± aNd cÂamp aNd
w±ld th±m
.
YOu
Ù
rÚ dON±
Ì
Lock th± pUÁ±r ontO th±
MPU
¸s yoU normaÁy do
.
ºns±rt th± fabricat±² bar
throUgh th± ±y± of th± pUÁ±r
.
Äh± big poinÛ
Ü
B±Ýr± yoU ¸tt±mpt To pUÁ th±
M
P
U
,
pos
i
t
i
on th± loop of
th± puÁ±r
between
thÞ
±
studs in th±
middl± Oß th± µßTinG b¸r
Ì
Àh±à Th±
pUÁ±r
l
oop
¾
s in plác±
â
li
ft
.
Äh± b±aUty of th± stUds is that thãy
pr±v±äå
The
oF
Ô
æalanc±
MPU
frOm
slippçng
down th± bar aNd
m¸king
troèbl±
Ì
CÀ4 ér±d ´¸wson
éort êrd
¼
C³
(Ed Note-IT has to be A winner, CHief. ±HAnks For paJ²ing tHe word Along³)
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