PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1981

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 339

FEBRUARY 1981
PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1981 - Page 11 of 35
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M 113 Family of VehIcles .
.±
H±dden Grease F²tt±Ngs
You can' grease ±em if you can²t see
em, and 2 gRease fittings on the idler
wheels of M113AL/M³13A2 carriers
are pretty well hidden.
NOTE
4
on Card 1 of your ´O 9-
2300-257µ³2 tel¶s yoU to lube the idler
wheels every 75 hours, 750
·
¸iles or
quarterly¹
One grease fitting is just above the
end of tHe track adjusºer. It is generally
coveRed with mud so it is ofºen
overlooked.
The other gRease fitºing is scRewed
into the idler whee¶ housing, exact¶y
180 degrees from a pressure relief
fiºting.
UsE f²ltEr K²T
»ey, who±s orderi¼g
½differentia¾ filºer ¿ssemBlies?
A lot of ºrooPs are rÀplacing ºhe
wÁole filºe assemBly wÁen ¿ll tÁey
need is ºhe filºer elemenº. Ãhe elemenº
a¼d ÄÅri¼g cÆmÀ ¿s ¿ Kiº wiºh ÇSN
2È20µ00µ767-3³È3, lisºed on É¿ge 69
of C3Ê TM 9-2ËÌÌ-2È7µ2ÌÉÍ
RAmpS ³ot ´toµEhouSES
Ãhe ramP o¼MÎ13AÏ ºyPe vÀÁiclesÐ
is for geººing c¿rGo ¿nd crÀwmen Ñn
¿nD oÒº of ºÁÀ VÀÁÑc¾ÀÓ Ôº Ñs ¼oº a
sºorage shed for ºe¼º Poles, Barbed
wire, c¿moÕfl¿ge neÖs, eºc.
ÃÁe only tÁi¼g ºh¿º sho×¾d Be
Áangi¼G from ºÁe ramPØeiºÁer insiDe
or ouºside ºÁe VeÁicleÙis ºÁe ºow
c¿Ble, neatlyÚ seÛured Ѽ ºÁe cliPs
provided.
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