PS Magazine - MAY 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 342
MAY 1981
I
1±:
I
I.
A lube by any other name is still a
lube .
.± so the saying almost goes.
Or, a lube is
a
lUbe is a ²±. etc³
Not so, and some troops are
proving it with the M16AL rifle.
Too much lube, or too little lube, or
lUbIng with the wrong lube just makes
pRoblems, wear and damage.
WHT MAKS Ya
tihk ± OVJLUBED
my R²Fle, s³rG´?
t
µo¶· ¸¹Pº»¼½.¾
Overlubing
An old sayIng, "too much oil can't
hurt,´ won't work on your rIfle.
Too much lube trapS dirt, carbon
and crµd, and tHat stuff in turn slows
down
and
weaRs
parts±
Also,
handguards and bUtt stocks need no
oil, a¶though some troop·
g
ive them
libeRal doses. That just sets up anot¸e¹
dIrt tRap.
way youR TM tells you±
ºome paRts need a lot; some need a
lIttle oR none at all±
Too Little LUbe
Otherwise, w¸en it has »o
re¼oved bY
a
repairman,
s½icks .
.. and It's hard to get out±
A drop oF oil during
Clea¾¿ing is tÀe cure.
bacK wRonG± Áhat make· big problems.
That's not the onl case of "Ãn-
authoRIzed dIsassembl±´ OtheÄ parts
of t¸e Rifle suffeR, too, and it all boi¶s
down to not havInG the right tool· or
Å
tRaIning to do t¸e Job.
What ÂoÆ' Re aut¸oRized to do Is
spelled out loÆd and clear in your TM
.
Çf it'· not In t¸e TM and you'Re not
aUthoRIzed, neveR do it.
So±d Ff
¿
²u.be
ºome aRmoRers only
:
È
h
É
alfÊway clean
Ë
suRfaces
·
BefoRE
Ì
the apply solid
Íilm lubRIcant (ºÎÏ)
±
to the exterior of
Ð
Ѹe rIfle± Îact i·,
Ò
Ó
some doÔ't clean
²
Õ
the surface at al¶
³
b
Öfore applying
ºÎϱ
ºo, instead of
doInG its Job
´
In
_
pr×tectIng what's
left of the finish,
ºÎÏ peel· off and
Ø
rust and corrosIÙn do
µ
thÚir diRty work.
¶
ÛouR Rif¶e's TM
9-1005³249³20
says
´
ÀÁ
prepare tÜe surface for ºÎÏ by
ÝÞhoroughly cleanIng It
ß
with àáâã and
_
cleanIng solVent± Çn a
äå
pinc¸, an
could evenæuse a paInt
thInneR±
Whatever, If you'Re gonna do an Aç1
Job wit¸ ºÎÏ, you've gotta do aè Aé1
cleanIng job fIRst.
category, êtoo. âasically, it's a short
terë ReìInisheR which protects the
weapon tIl¶ it can be peRmantntly
refinIshed. Çt's for the exteRior parts
only. íever apply It to working,
inteRIor parts± Çt gÆî· them up and
Kills your weapon.
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