PS Magazine - AUGUST 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 345
AUGUST 1981
MilLions of doLLars worth of trak
n
bItes the dust each year Long beFore ±ts
_
expected lifetime.
Track pad rubber is chewed
because hotrod drivers show
making fancy pIvot steer turns.
CreW members and ²echanics
repLace good track shoes when onLy -
the connectIng hardware³end con´
nectors, center guides, etcµis Bad¶
That's Like tossin' oUt good money.
Here's how you tankers can make
sure the track and track components
Last their ex
p
ected Lifetimes and save
a-
u
ODe a bundLe.
t
There's n·thing reaL complicated
±
about KeepinG your trAck in tip¸top
.-
shape¹just a lot oF LittLe detaiLsº
±
r
»f yoU drive your tank sensibly, keep
your track up to snuff and tighteneq
right, your maintenance time wilL be
cut way down. You can Be enJoying a
night on the town while aLL your
tanker buddies are still "maintaining¼
their tr½ck¾
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¿ÀeN Áou stoP _dÂRiNg à RoÃd
ÄÃRÅÀ, give yoÂr ÆRÃcÇ a QÂiÅk ÈÀecǾ
ÉuSÆ Ã WaLÇÊarounË WIÌL Ío¾
ÎooÇ ÏoR bRokeN, missINg oR Ìoose
eNÐ coNNeÅÆoRs, boÌÆs ÃNÍ Wedges¾
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ÑÀinÁ ÄeÆaÌ WheRe the boLÆ ÆoucheS
Æhe eNÍ ÅonnecÆoR ÄeÃNs a Ìoose
WeÍge ÒoÌƾ
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CÀeÅÇ ÏoR ÄIssINg, beNÆ, crÃÅkeÍ,
broÇeN oR Ìoose ceNter gÂides¾ Îook Ïor
sÀiNy ÄeÆÃL aÆ Æhe nÂƾ
ÓIve yoÂR ÆracÇ the oNÅeover ÏoR
ÍeaÍ sÔoeÕ¾ »Ï you see a dRoopeR¹Ã
SÃggiNg sÖoe×RePØÃce ÙÆ noW¾ »t couÌÍ
caÂse a tÀroWN traÅǾ
Afer OPERa
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Ns
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traÅÇ a good goÙng oveR. Ú 4ÛmÜN creW
caN maÇe a sEries of
3
checÇÝ Ãnd do
tÀe Þob IN abouÆ
10
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tÀe buÄmers aNÍ ÏIx ßem toNighÆ, yoÂ
caN ruN ÃÌÌ ÍÃy tomoRroW WÙÆhout
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