PS Magazine - DECEMBER 1985
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 397
DECEMBER 1985
M60A
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Tanks .
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Pound-Inches, Not Pound±Feet!
Turret mechs, mark this on your braIns
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LARGE prInt: SomethIng wIll break
If you use a Pound-Fet torque wrench on your range±nder's end housIng weDge
screws.
Torque.
wEdgE scREWS to
2²·³5 pouNd-I´CHES!
²hose screws are torqued to 20³25 Pound-´nches, not Poundµ¶et.
·f ´t¸s just a screw that breaks, you¸ve got Problems removIng the PIeces. ·f
the housIng breaks¹well, let¸s not thInk about that Damage.
ºollow the »n¼ on ½age 60³52 o¾ TM 9¿2350À257³20Á2¿3³4 and you won¸t
screw uP the worksÂ
M48Aµ, M60¶¸eries Tanks ±¹.
Parking BrakE Lowdow²
So how come so many o¾ you mechs
are st´ll do´nà th´nÃs the hard way? LIke
dIsconnectInà that old one-PIece ParkÄ
Ing brake cable every t´me you Pull the
Pack?
Å´d you mIss out on ²B 9³2300Æ
Ç20È20³1?
·t ´ncludes Instruct´ons on rePlacIng
oneÉPIece cables w´th the eas´er to use
two-PIece cable; dIsconnectIng the twoÄ
PIece cable ¼r Pack rePlacement; anD
adjustIng the controls and brake Pawls
¼r saF oPeratIonÂ
·f your shoP doesn¸t havÊ the
T,
lean
on your Pubs
Ë
PeoPle to subm´t a ÅA
ºorm Ç569 to get your unIt at least one
coPyÂ
You¸ll save t´me and a lot of hard
workÂ
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IH²G PUB
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f
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M48ºµ» M60¼¸eR½¾s T¿nksÀ
pArki²G bRAKe CO³versiO², ´djustmeµt
YOU
@O» ¼½y
oLd m¾¿ ÀÁ ÂÃÄ
PÁÂKÃÄG BÅÆÇÈÉ?
·f you¸re In the marKet ¼r rePaIr ParÌs ¼r the old ParkIng brake setuP, ¼rget It.
The onÍy rePaIr Parts avaIlable are ¼r thIs newer con±guratIon.
Åf
yoU± b±akE²
look likE thI² ³´µ
¶·µ convE±¸
¹hºm ¹o ¹hi²
The solutIon to your Problem Is to convert to the newer setuP. EverythIng you
need to kNow Is In ½ara 2µ5L of TB Ç3Î000ϳ39É6 (JuÍ 85)Ð AÍl the Parts are
lIsted wIth InstrUctIons on how to Install theÑ. ThereÒs also In¼ on how to aDÓ
just the brakes.
·¾ you don¸t have a coPy of the TB, see your local ²ACOM LoÃIstIc AssIstance
RePresentatIve.
ÆÇc 85
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