PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 394
SEPTEMBER 1985
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Crews and mechs, are all the wear
plates in PLace and in good shape on
your tank? Or are you wearing out
roadwheels instead?
Missing wear plates mean that center
guides are rubbing miLes of liF ±om
road
.
wheels² You can prevent that wear
if you keep your eyes peeLed ³r Loose
capscrews or stud nuts²
TM
9-2350´255µ10¶1
makes
wear
pLates an afteR·opeRatI¸n ¹MCS ³R tHe M 1 tanK cRew² Make sure the nUts aRe
snug and tºe weAr Plates are not cracked or gouged²
M60 Aluminum Roadwheels
wear
plate
8
TM
9-2350»255´20-1-3-5
has
the
word on how you mechs re¼Lace the
Plates²
On the M60-series tan½s, tho, the
TM's don't mention anything about
eyeballing the wear PLates on aLuminUm
roadwheeLs or repLacing
them (steeL
roadwheeLs don't have 'em)²
¾ check is needed, so here's WHat
to do:
C¿EÀSÁTake a quick Look at the
·
wear Plates ÂÃen you PuLL
your afteRµopeRation ¹MCS
±
on the roadwheeLs and hUbs²
¿ePoRt any missing, broken
or gouged weaR ÄLates to
your Åechs²
SEP 85
MECÆSÁDuring the semÇannuaL serÈ
vice, Look at all the wear
² .-
PLates ³r woRn-oÉ, ÊurLed
edges² Ëf the edge is gone,
RePLace the pLates²
ËÌ tHe onLy thIngs missINg oR broken
are caPscRews,
RePLace them²
Íake
suRe the tHÎeadeÏ h¸Le in the PLatÐ has
Ñ
at Least 2 Ò/2 g¸oÏ thReaÏs, th¸² Ëf not,
rePLace tHe PLates, to¸Ó T¸RqUe aLL ÔaPscReWs t¸ 15-25 Lb»Ìt aNÏ Ôoat With seaLing
c¸ÅP¸UnÏ, ÕSÕ 8030Ö00-08Ò´2340² THat'LL get yoU a 50µcc bottLe²
±²³´3 TµNkS .
.¶
Keep Rack Space CleAr!
Í7×5 aNÏ Í774 R¸UNÏs aRe L¸NgeR
tHaN tHe ÍØ0¾×'s tHReeÙR¸UNd amÚ¸
RacKÛ ÜHat ÅaKes tHe R¸UNÏs extend
Past tHe eNÏs ¸f the st¸Rage tUbes,
LeavINg LIÝÝLe s¼ace betWeeN tHe HuLL
WaLL aNÏ tHe aÅÚ¸ st¸Rage RacK²
Þ
ܸ¸Ls, maP cases, RePaIR PaRÝß ¸R PeRà
s¸NaL geaR Leá ¸n t¸P ¸Ì tHe st¸Rage
bâxes ãLL ¸É aNÏ LoÏge IN ÝHe ÔRaÔK beä
tWeeN the HULL WaLL aNÏ the aåo RacK²
ÀHeN y¸U tRaveRse tHe tURRet, that
geaR Is sÅasHeÏ betWeeN tHe aÅÅo
tubes aNÏ the HULL waLLÛ Y¸U'Re Leá
witH beNt amÚ¸ tubes and beNt oR
bR¸KeN
RoUNd tIPsÛ
SInce theRe's no
way
t¸
RePair the
RoUNÏ's
tiP,
the
aÅÅo Is W¸RtHæess²
¾LWays ÅaKe sURe tHe sPaÔe betw en
tHe R¸UNds aNd tHe HULL Is cLeaR²
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