PS Magazine - MARCH 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 340
MARCH 1981
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Frozen StarTeRs Won'±
WHAISaM±TtER wi²h ³´µs ¶·¸NG,
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Yep! Frozen starteRs won't staRT
your Ml09 oR Ml 10-seRies howitzeRs
or your M5 78 RecoveRy vehicLe.
±hat's because wateR sLoshes aRound
in the starteR and fLywheeL gear
±he wateR gets in because
veHicLes Have no fLywheeL²housing-To³
´ transfer-case and staRTeR-fµange gas³
kets.
Your diRect suppoRt unit wiLL coRRect
this pRobLem witH a mastic type
seaLant,
NSN
8030¶00·252-3391,
between The fLywheeL-to-tRansfeR-case
housing, around each BoLt hoLe anD on
tHe mating suR¸aces inside the boLt
circLe.
±he sTaRteR ¸Lange gasket, NSN
5330¹00-980-1546, is Listed in ºhe
organizationaL maintenance manuaLs
» and as Item 75 in Fig ¼-2 on page ¼·12
of ½M 9-2815²202-3¾&P (Aug 80).
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Lube oN linE SAves M109
±he Road wHeeL suppoRT aRm ¿ivot
beaRings are not being Lubed as o¸Ten
as they need to be.
Without Lube, The beaRings wiLL
:
fReeze in the housing. ±he Road wheeL
aRm can't move up and Down Like iT
shouLd. ±he Torsion baR can't windÀ
up .
.. and in time wiLL bReak.
Getting ouT a fRozen beaRing and a
ÁRoken torsiOn baR is one tough job.
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9·2350-217-12N, Note 31, caLµs ouT of the oTheR.
fo a semiannuaL seRvice. ±he Lube
points are oiL can points and you have
to ¿uLL pi¿e pLugs to Lube. Some tRooÃs
foRget THemÄoR won't take Time to
Lube the aRms.
Åt onLy takes a few minutes and a
¸ew cents woRTH o¸ oiL. ÆeRe's how:
PuLL both pLugs on each suppoRt aRm
Ç
bearing.
11
CLean anÈ put the pLugs back; wi¿e
o¸f The excess oiL.
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