PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1980
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 334
SEPTEMBER 1980
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Slow It DOwn
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When a driver pusheS his $100,000
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race car beyond its endurance and it
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Blows up, what does he gain? Wasted
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money
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nd
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pil< of junk
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When a soldier Attempts
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a speed
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record
by
smashing
an
expensiVe
Clean Pressure TubE
.
¼
tracKer in the tracKer support, what
units forget is the pressure tube± The
tu²e and its dummy projectile should
²e
cleaned
after Firing± Otherwise,
residue from the M64 N³TO car-
tridge oil (which you shouldn't use) or
.
whateVer
can
jam
up
the dummy
projectile± In that case, you lose the
effect
of
the
missile
leaVing
the
tu²e ´´´ an important function of
LETµ
How to clean the tu²e and projectile
is spelled out in Ta²le 3¶¸, pages 3¹¸3
and 3º¸4 of your º¸2¶¸ TM±
does he gain when he damages the
support or the tracKer? He's got a
missile he ca»'t fire¼ IF he had to
launch, he'd be in a lot worse shape
than the race driVer±
When you install the tracKer in the
supPort, you can be fast and careFul,
both¼
Line
it
up ´±± and
follow
the
installation word on page 2¶¸2 of your
TM± The tracKer may taKe a little
pushing to slide it home, but it'll worK
when it gets there±
To seat.hold
tracker
'
like
so ±²±
TracKers and suppor½s are da¾aged
during installation´ That's a fac¿: Cut
the speed and the ramming and cut out
the damage´
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TOW CounterbalancE
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Dear Editor,
¾UB¿ ÀNd ÁÂÃÄÅÆÇ ÈRiF
ÉpWAÊËÌÍ ÎÏÐLÑ HÒVÓ ÔÕ
Ö×ØÙ ÚÛ ÜÝ
PSU/
CorRect adjustment of the counterbAlAnce of the TOW systeM launcher
elevation MechanisM is vital to the accuracy of the MissIe±
Þf
bAlance is oF, expensive MissIes a²e wAsted and tA³gets are Missed´ DSU
Makes an annual inspection and adjustMentµ but the²e's nothing in the P¶CS
of
ß 9-à425-470áà2
which aLows the cre· to ¸heck adjustMent during the
year¹
Weºve beAt the p²ob»eM with A swiftµ
easy check which MAY be helpful to
TOW crews elsewhe²e¼
hâãä
Gåâæç èé
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The launch tube end should d²ift
slowly upwa²ds if the counte²bAlAnce
is OK½
í
it
.
doesn¾t d²ift upwArdsµ
contAct your
îïðñ
í
the Missile is fi²e¿ f²oM An out-ofÀ
bAlance »Aunch tubeµ it cA be wAsted¼
SÁC H±J¼ ÂÃjeski
Áo²t Hoodµ TX
(Ed NoteÀThanKs For passing the word along± Áounds lÂKe it can
Ã
assure
accuracy and saVe a lot Äf ²ucKs worth Åf mÂssiles´)
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