PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 387
FEBRUARY 1985
STE/ICE .
.±
. Tire Gage Lie Detector
One of the many virtues of STE/ICE
is i± abili² to check tire pressUre
.. and
it dP³s so wi´h a great deal of accUracy.
µire inFation gages,
on the other
hand, can lie.
µire pressUre is iMpor¶ant. Either too
mUch or too little shortens tire Li·. It
coULD shorten yoUr li· too.
¸nder-
inFation is a big caUse of blow oUts.
SµE/¹CE can Also let yoU know if
yoUr tire gage is telling the trUth.
Hook
up
vehicle
test
me²er
Have yoUr m³chanic check a tire's
pr³ssUre with SµE/ICE and then check
the saMe ¶ire with yoUr gage.
µhere'll be a slight diºerence in the
tWo readings becaUse of air loss dUring
checking,
»
bUt they shoUld be pr³t²
mUch the same.
¼ diºerence of a co½ple of ¾SI
¿
or
moreÀabove or below the SÁE/ICE
readingÂshoUld
be
noted
on
yoUr
gage. Ãrite it on a piece of paÄer, and
stick it on with transpaRent ¶ape.
Or get a new gageÂand test it too.
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FEB 85
next revision.
Åhe aUthori² Ær ¶he w³ight class
sÇGn is ¼ppendix ¼ oÈ Cµ¼ 50É970.
1
1/2-TOn TRa³L´Rµ .
.
·
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BRake Lines-Steel On±y!
1
'/, \
/
· ± ,
'
:» •¼
"
½
,±
.
:
Ãhen ¶he hydraUlic brake Êines on yoUr
l
1/2Ëton trailer go bad, replace ¶hem
wi¶h steel, no¶ copper liNes.
µÌ 9É2330É213Í14 is wrong. It calls Ær coÄper Ær both the left and right
brake Êines. C3 to the µÎ is wrong, too. It lists a bUm ÏSÏ Ær ¶Ðe righ¶ brake Line.
Here's ¶he straight skinny. BotÑ Êin³sÂshown as I¶em
6
in Òig CË21
_
Âar³
made by yoUr ÓS¸. Áhey mak³ them Ôom s¶eel tubing, ÏSÏ 4710ÍÕÉ200"0284.
FEB 85
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