PS Magazine - JANUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 386
JANUARY 1985
Soldiering can bE hazardous duty EvEn in pEacEtimE-EspEcially if you'rE
aroUnd wEapons, ammunitIon, ExplosivEs or .
.. tirEs!
MEcHaniCs-and drivErs too-arE Handling wHat amounts to a LoadEd, coCk±
Ed gun wHEn tHEy sErvicE a tirE on a multi²piEcE rim. THis "gun³ Has a Hair
triggEr if you scrEw up on just onE tiny dEtail during dEFation, disassEmbly,
assEmbly or inFation.
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You can bE killEd!
A ´lly inflatEd truck/bus tirE rams
tons of prEssurE against tHE rim lock
ring. µf ¶E lOk ring blows o·, it travE¸s
wi¶ ¹EmEndºs »rCE .
.¼ and somE½m¾
ovEr a sUrprising distanCE. µf it missEs
you, it can ¿kE out a bys¿ndEr in tHE
"arEa of trajEctory. ³
ÀÁat's wHy onE of tHE Âirst rulEs in
your training is:
Always inflatE tHE tÃrE in a saÄÅ
•1±²,³-;´µ:¶
cagE!
·
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,
Warning!
NEvEr-but NÆVÆRÇgo by tHis
instrÈction Éund in somE TM'sÊ
" .
.. if saÄÅ CagE is not availË
I
I-±=²³´
ablE, Ì.Í lay tirE Fat, witH ring down,
and rEacH tHrougH wHEEl to apply air
cHuCk.³
ÎruE, if tHE lock ring blows o·, it
will go down-but tHE tirE and rim will
go up, lÏkE a sHot out of a Cannon. You
may bE lucky and survivE witH sErious
ÎHErE's EvEn DangEr in tirEs on singlE
piEcE rims. A tirE EXplosion can blast
you WitH tHE fÐrcE of a bomb!
OSHA Standard ApPlies
SErvicing tÑrEsÒEspEcially tHosE on
multiÓpiEcE rims-is no job fÐr tHE unÔ
trainEd .
.. or fÐr tHE ÕolÖardy. ×our
Ørst misÙÚkE can bE yoUr last!
µf you sErvicE cErÙain typEs of tirEs
and rÛms, you mUst bE trainEd undEr
Standard
1910´177
of tHE ÜS ÝEpartÔ
mEnt of Þaboß's àccupational SaÄty
largE vEHiclEs sucH as truCks, tractors,
trailErs, busEs and o·ároad macHinEsâã
THis appliEs to maäy vEHiclE drivErs
and otHEr åuipæEnt opErators as wEll
as to mECHanics wHo disassEmblE çnd
assEmblE tirEs and riès¼ Simply "airé
ing up³ a soft tirE Can bE vEry
dangErous.
A
tirE ¶at's bEEn rêëìing on
oníy
80
pErcEnt oî iÙs spEcifiï prEssurE
can bE a ðzEd bumb. ÎHE loCk ring
may HavE
ñ
sHiftEd and can bLow o·
wHEn air is addòd to tHE tirE!
Training fÐr mEcHanics includEs usE
of two cHartsó
•
SafôÅ PrECautions Ér Mounting
õ
and ÝEmounting TuböTy÷ TruCkøus
TùrEs
•
MultiáPiEcE Rim úHEEl MatcHing
ûHart
TüE àSýA s¿ndard tElls How to gEt
tHEsE cHarts.
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