PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 387
FEBRUARY 1985
M887 Trucks .±²
SAY,
10W'D
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FINd ³OOm BACK tH´µ¶
f· aLl ¸h¹º S»U¼½?
Dear Half-Mast,
While travelIng at about
5¾
MPH, my
M887
contact
maIntenance shop truck has
a tendency to weaVe.
±t seems the rear-end
suspensIOn ²oesn't suppoR
³
the weIght of the tools and
´equIpment the truck
caµIes¶ What can be done
to coµect thIs?·
¿GÀ ÁÂ JÃ JÄ
Dear Sergeant
Å
.
±
jÆ jÇ ,
Assuming the steering system's OK, there are seveRl reasons for the
handling problEms with your truck.
For one, there±s overloading.
Never exceed the gross weight of 8,000
pounds.
Another is heaV tools and equipment
stowed back of the rear Ale±
Always put extR Tools and equipment (not par² o³ th´ shop truck) for-
ward of the rear µle.
You could have the wRng rear sp²ngs.
Make sure you h¶ve the
heaV·du¸ springs with
È
leaves each¹ Gºt these
È
le»springs with
NSN
2ÉÊË-ËÊÌËÍ9ÌÈËË2Î
Wrong sIze or mIsmatched tires
will cause h¶¼ling problems¹ ½e
right ²ires
¾
are
9ÏÉË
x
Ê6É
tubeless, J¿Àply, highway load Rnge, light
tRcker tires, m¶nufactured by Goodyear, NSN
2ÐÊË-ËËÌ4Í9ÌÍËÍÉÎ
I
you use mud and snow ²ires, they should be Goodyear custom, extRÁ
grip, miler tires, NSN
2ÐÊËÌËËÌ4Í9-ÍËÍÍÎ
Keep the tire±s cold inÂation pressure at
4É
PSI in the Ãont and
ÉÉ
PSI in the rear, like it says in
Ñ 9Ì232ËÌ2ÐÐ-ÊËÒ
lL-Jf
m93±-Series 5²Ton trucks .³³
Brake WaRning Tip
wÓÔÕÖ× ØÙÚÛi¥ ÜÝong
Þßàá Yâãä åæçèéêë bZzìí
îï yðñò óôõ ö÷øùú ûüýþ
The buzzer has nothing to do with
transmIssi
O
n oil temperatURe, so fR-
get that part oFLteM
ÿĀ
on PAge
āĂă
oF
T±
ĄąāĆāćĈāăāĉÿćĊ ċ
gage on the
instr²³ent panel gives
transmIssIon
temperAture.
When you hear the buzzer,
·
check
the parking brAke wa´ning µight and
lo¶ aIr pressure warning µIght·
The
one that's µit tells what¸s not ¹t!
FEB 85
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