PS Magazine - FEBRUARY 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 399
FEBRUARY 1986
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M2/M3
BradLey,
MLRS .±²
Nip It in the Bud
With just a little carefl eyeballing,
you crews can head oF a costLy pro-
pe±ler sha² breakaway and prevent
damage and inJuries.
Sooner or later,
the eight screws
holding each prop sha² are going to
vibrate loose³ The prop sha´s can then
break Loose, ±Eving you drivers with Lit-
tle control over the vehicle and you
mechs
with Lots
oµ busted
parts
to
replace.
Crews, you've got to keep an eye on
the shA´ screws³ Iµ they're Loose, repoRt
'em so they can be retorqued.
Mechs, torqUe the screws to
86-94
±b¶². You tighten once, Loosen them up
and then torque them again.
·emember, too, that iµ you use an
adapter to get at the screws, you¸LL need
to convert the torque value. Check out
the chaRt in your TM's ¹r the conver-
sion ¹rºuLa³
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TOW
2 ³´´
System Checkout Power
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Dear Editor,
TOW 2 weapon system checkout procedures can save a lot of
Lithium batteries if they're done with vehicle poweR as
o
pposed to
batteries.
The checkout in Table 2-1 of ±M 9-1425-450-12 can be done with
the AN/UAS-12A night sight's 15-ft W2 cable, NSN 5855-01-144-
2920² Used in the M901 ITV mode, it supplies ³TV vehicle power to
the TOW 2 night sight in g´und modeµwhe¶ TOW
2
is checked out.
Use it instead of the batte· power conditioneR²
Vehicle power can save a lot of $90 lithium batteries¸
Use Wµ cable
foR
system check
Jack Childs
8th ID, APO New York
(Editor's Note: Tanks! Army Missile CommanD teLls us that Use of vehic±e
power for system checkoUts will be inclU²e² i³ a ´M µp¶ate.)
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