PS Magazine - AUGUST 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 345
AUGUST 1981
The driver starts the
One crew member stands
in front of the tank to act
as a ground
g
uide for the
drive
.
.±,²
tAnk backwArd, the inspector Wa±ches
the track as it passes over the
compensating idler² Check the riGht
siDe first, then the left² If something' s
wrong, signal the front ground guide
to hAve tHe driver stop the tank² Mark
the outboaRd siDe of the end connector
Wedge
seated
wrong
Wedge
seated
right
4
for later repair reference²
Keep an eye peeleD for missing
wedges and for wedges not seated
right² Look for loose, Broken;w
rn or
missing end connectors.
If the end coNnectors seem badly
eD off
³
on the ends-
´oµro¶ Youµ mechA·ic's en¸ con·ec¹or
¶eAµ gAge, ºSº
±910-00-795c7960.
(»he gage is pAµt oF the speciAl tools
sho¶n ¼· t½e tAnk's¾20P »¿²)
À½eck thE dµ¼ven-tµAili·g-e·d of
the end connectoµÁ ÂF the pin oF the
weAµ
gAge
¶on't
touch
the
end
connector, that end con·ector Ãs woµn
´eyond accepta´le limits² Âf halF or
more oF the EnD connectors arÄ worn
Å
on one end only, but within wear
IL
-±_.m:²³´µ¶·¸¹º
limits on the otheµ end, the entire
guides
as
they
pass
between
Æ
tÇe
tµack must be reveµseDÈ This'll give
compensat¼ng idler And the ºo²
1
you more mileageÉ from track cÊm¾
µoAËwheel while the Driver moves the
ponents, especially the enD connec¾
tank forward²
Missing pads
Look for missing, bent, broken,
L ±j²³´µ,
I
¶·¸¹ºi
»J
¼½¾
crAcked, worn or loose center guides² Âf
»
Ìeither inspector {inds any, signAl the
ground guide to have the Driver stop
Æthe tanͲ ¿ark the center guiDe anD
the outboard endÎ conÏector for later
repair reference²
Ðhen you're done, check the worn
centeÑ guides again² ÒepÓace any guide
¼Easure 1½in
¿
À
fro¾ top
L
Æ
Must be
at least
V½inch
thick
chunÔing² ÒeÕlace Öem only ×hen the
worn
to
less
than
Y
inch
thick
grouser begins to mark a paved road²
(measured
²
inch from the top²)
³
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