PS Magazine - JANUARY 1984
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 374
JANUARY 1984
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Breather Valves .
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Behold the lowly gear case breather
those on the axle housing-they realLy
valve!
get plastered with road
d
and mud.
Buried in the inner rEesses of youR
1Ist the cap to loosen any
d
stuck
equipment± ±± out of sight and out of
up insIde. Tap the cap·to knock
D
out.
mind ±±± almost completely ignored by
(²nside the Cap is a spring, so the cap
your TM
and
LO
±±± but absolutely
ilL
³sen´Al to the proPr oPration of your
veHcle!
²f you don't keep the breather valves
clean and operating, pressure buµds up
in the geaR case. So¶etHng ¸ has to
Gve¹usually the seals. ºnd when the
seals go, the lube is bound to FLlow±
»esu¼t: component faµure.
So, as soon as you recOVer ½om
UiIw±²;³´µ¶
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º
reading tHs ¾S, hustle oveR to your
vehicle and check out ¿l gear case
breather vÀves. ¾ayÁ
iAl attention toÂ
Ãor protecting youR winch, theRe's no
suÄstItute FR a sheaR Åin.
This little piece of metÆl Is desIgned
to ÇReak when the Wnch Is overLoaded
¹pReventIng damage to the winch and
drive tRaIN.
²È you 'Re on a wincÉing oPRatIon and
don't have a RepLacement Fr a bRoken
Åin, heRe's a
f
Fr those aluminum And
bÊass jobs:
ºnyËhIng eLse used Ìn its pLace¹LIke
a rivet, pin, boLt oR naIl¹can Let an
oveRload snap the winch line± That
bRoken wire RoÅe can whip Íound and
sLice you in haLf!
The most common sheAr pIns aRe:
Steel grooved
Headless
aluminum
>
Headless
OrIginal shear
pin length
DIscaRd
2
ends
of sheared pin
Juck
F
W½nch
SHear P½N ¾S¾
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