PS Magazine - AUGUST 1981
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 345
AUGUST 1981
I
be removed. If you tighten one side too
Much, you put a lot of stress on the
shoe pins. They'lL bind in ±he End
²
connector making it hard Co get off³
Next you take off ´he center guide
nut and the center guide.
If you get a stubborn end connecRor,
Remove center guide
borrow your mechanicµs hydraulic end
I.±N:²Ut³´µaN¶d·gu
¸
¹dºe»¼-½
1¾¿ÀÁ
Â
L
Ã
connector pull¶r, NSN 5120-0·¸052-
¹oosen the fixtures alternately until
5642º Itµs a special Cool authorized in the track is loose. Su
ort the tracK
your ta»µs -20P ¼½.
Put one track fixture on each side of
the track. ¾a¿e sure the jaws arÀ flush
against the shoe. ¼ighten the fixtures
Until the jaws are fiÁmly clAmpeD on
the track shoe pins.
¼iGhten each fixtUre alternately
14
to
Y2
tUrn until the enD connectors can
T¹ hten oÄe s¹de
1/4-±
turN ÅÅÅ
fixtures and Âower the track to the
ground.
.
/
¼rac¿ shoes coMe in Ãections of
8
shoesÄanÅ thatÆs the way soÇe
crewman
È
putÉ "eM oÊ. ¼his wasËes
track. ÌepÂace only the Íefective
shoes. ÎÊd DonÆt Ïoss oUt gooD enD
connecRors, wedges, paDs or ÐeÊter
{
.²³
guÑDes. YoU can use ÆeÇ again.
Ò
When yoÓ replace tÔack shoes, Ma¿e
sure thÕ rUbber paDs on the
2
shoes on
either siDe Öre about ×he saÇe heiGht .
Øf theyÆrÙ Êot, the Únew paDsÆl Get
cHeweD up righÛ away.
Æeplace Pads ¹n
Ç
pa¹Ès ÉÉÉ
ÉÉÉ maÊCh pad he¹ghÊ
for
´
oÈ
5
shoes
When yoU repÂace paÜs, always pUt
theÇ oÊ in seÏs Of 2
±
..
on
the saÇe
shoe. ¼ry to Çatch the paÅs so yoU eÝÅÞ
Up with aboUt
±
or 5 shoes in a row
with pßàá aÂl about the saÇe heiGht.
âoUã Çay äave to jUgGle soÇe paDs
åroUÊD to Çake æt coÇe oUt right. Øf
yoU Ïan¿erç take aloÊG soÇe new paDs
è
aÊD soée
ê
Used paÅs itÆÂÂ help keep
thinGs eveÊed oUÏ.
that siëe of theì tank have to be
reversed. ØF the ínDercUt is worn Down
oÊ both teeth, botî Drive sprockets on
that siDe have to be replaceD.
Îlways repÂace sproc¿ets iÊ pairs.
ÎnD Çake sUre BoÏh sproc¿ets iÊ the
Both sproCkEts
the same
th¹ckness?
pair are tïe saÇe thic¿ness. (ðhere
are ñoth 1 òóôiÊ anD 1 V¸iÊ thic¿
sproc¿ets iÊ sõöply.)
Øf your tan¿Æs sproc¿ets DoÊÆt have
the buiÂt÷iø weùr iÊDicators borrow
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