PS Magazine - NOVEMBER 1982
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 360
NOVEMBER 1982
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Keep your wire-laying eqUipment
in good shape with solId PM.
YouR
D±-8
spool, frInstance.
Watch those tabs. ²F your spools still
have the Bent³over tabs, get your
s´pport to tackµweld 'em as soon as
Have
tabs
wEldED
you can. ²F yoU ¶on't, the ·isks can pop
oFF And leave you a wire¸y mess.
Treat yoUr ±L¹39 with respect, too .º
1»¼362 says, grease it every 8 hoU½s oF
Use¾ Then, aFter 40 Ho¿rs, clean it and
regrease. Àe sure to keep grease oFF Áhe
brake.
KEep
grEase
off
brake
WHen you paint yoUr reel, leave the
bearings out oF it. Paint there can
grInd yoU to a halt.
Âse the crank For reeling in onlyÃ
When payIng oUt wire, the craNk
becomes a FreeµwHeeling clUÄ. ±eÅ
move It beFore it reÆoVes yoUr head.
Once it's Unserviceable, you can't
repaIr it. There are no parts in the
Ç
system.
²F the crank doesnÈt Fit snÉgly on tHe
.
Keeping yoUr ±L-31 Fit means
keepIng it luÄed. Like Para 22c oÊTM
KeEp
your
RL-31 lubed
ToO.
much
p
Lay?
turn
in
uni±
axleËtoo mUch playËtUrn yoUr ÌaÅ
chine in. Ít's UnserVicEable.
Îinally, a kit to install yoUr ±Lµ3Ï
on an MÐ5Ï truck is
NSN
3895Ñ00¼
537¼79Ò7. The
NSN
In yoUr TM
ll-
362's C7 has Äeen dropped From the
±²³
.´;µ¶L·B
¸¹
º
»
COming HOme
.
_±²³´µ;¶·¸¹
When yÓu're packing it in to go back
Check loop resistance with Ôa ÆUl-
to post, tÕke as mUch wire wiÖh yoU as tiÆeter× WD-1 shoUld sØow Ù00-Ù30
you canÚ
oØÆs per mile at Û0°ÎÜ Cold weather
Wear Ýgloves to proÞect ßour skin, drops resistanceÜ àlso, wire length and
and liFt the wirá
â
oFF the ground as resistance cØange proportionately.
A
Æuch as possible to protect its skin.
ãµÆi loop will have 100 to 115 ohÆs
When äåu get tiÆe, in tØe Field or at resistance,
f
rinstanceÜ
your unit, look over the æire to see
à consi·erably higher readinG
what you've got¾
shows ba¶ splices or a Äreak. çower
±YEBa²³ WirE
for cuTs aND
Nic´s Whi²e
c²EaNiNg
èet some help, an extra reel, yoUr
tape and splicIng eqUipment an· go
througé your recovered wire¾
àS yoU reel it neatly onto the spare
reel, eyeÄall It closely. Clean it as It
winds past, too.
Look For cUts, excessIve
ê
splices_,
worn spots, jacket deterIoratIon and
ë
other ·amage.
²F a bad spot covers less than 3
inches oF wIre, tape it. ²F it's longer, cut
it out and splIce¾
To help yoU decide what to keep and
what to turì
í
in, Use these gui·elines:
readings show a short îiïcuit.
OK, it Æeets the multimeter test.
Look again. WIre ðñth more than Ò
splices per
Y
mile Is òood only For
training.
²F it FaIls both tests, turn it inÚ óheck
with yoUr PDO For turnôin reõ
qUirements. You shouldö't ÷ave to cut
I into strips. That's ·angeroUs and Unø
necessary.
²F PDO doesn't are, why
±
ot tùe it
into loops. TUrn it in at a rate oF Ò8
púunds per Æile.
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