PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 394
SEPTEMBER 1985
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Learning to "read± your vehicle's
track adjuster can save You crewmen
and mechs some dirty work.
Measure the
clearance
If it's 3V2 inCHes
or more .
..
Grease around the pistOn seal does
not
·
necessarilY mean the track adjuster
is shOt²
Get out a ruler and measure how fr
the piston is extended³ IF it's
3 1/2
inches Or mOre, it's time to remove a
track block, nOt ´x an adjuster.
±±± bleed tHe
µt's like this: There's a weep ho¶e in
the piston that's expoSed when the
piston travels tO its maximum extension
OF
3 3/4
inches. Grease will weep out
any time that hole is expOsed²
¸ince the adjuster piston moves in
aNd Out during operation, the hOle will
be exposed o¹en once the piston is out
to
3 1±2
inches Or moreº
»our
-10
TM tells you tO remove a
track block when the adjuster pistOn is
out tO
3 3/4
inches. ¼nce it gets out to
±±. anD
3 1±2
inches, tho, stArt looking ½r
grease arOund the piston. When you
see grease, it's time to pull a block²
¼F cOurse, iF grease shows up and
the adjuster hasn't reached
3 1±2
inches
or more, it's time to call in your mech.
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SEP 85
Transmission Dipstick Reading
There's a new
¾
transmissiOn dipstick that'll sOOn be sHowin¿ up ½r YOur
BradleY or MLR¸. µt has a gOld-colOred hand¶e and has markings On bOtH siDesÀ
¼ne's ½r a cold check, and the other's Ár a hot check²
»Ou use the Âcold'_' side Only to make sure it's saà to craÄk uP the engine
aFter an Oil change Or beÁre trOubleshOOting ½r Oil leaks²
The "Hot± side is ½r the ÅMC¸ a¹erÆOperatiOn Oil level check. µt's dOne twO
minutes aFter shutdOwn²
The new procedures will show uP in updates tO ÇM
9-23³0-2³2-10-´
and
TM
9-14³0µ¶·-10.
µn the meantime, use the instrUctions tHat come with the
new dipstick²
Take a minute, Bradley gunners aÈÉd
commanders, to check Out the backUp
sight on Your vehicles. It maY have
bad lenses in the eyepiece.
¸ight at a distant object. µF you have
a clear ´eld oF view, ÊO problem² IF
the view's blurred, let yOur mech
know abOut it right now² Ëe'll send it
tO ̸ Ár repair
Í
.
Even tho the backup sight is nOt
used very o¹en, it's vital iF the inteÎ
grated si¿ht unit goes down Or You
lOse turret poweϲ
SEP 85
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