PS Magazine - APRIL 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 401
APRIL 1986
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Tanks and Recovery Vehicles .
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KeEping Hubs Tight
Loose sprocket hub mounting hard-
ware on tHe final drive can put your
M48A5, M60±series tank or M88A 1
recovery vehicle out of control.
Look for shiny spots or rust around
the nuts² If you find any³ report it.
Your mech can keep Hubs tigHt by
replacing the old nuts and busHings
with new one´piece dowels. µost
new and rebUilt vehicles come witH
the one¶piece dowels² But you won't
find tHem listed in any of your ´20P
Tµ's· ¸se NSN 3020¶01¶123´6782 to
get them²
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Never mix tHe nut/ busHing arrange¹
ment with one´piece doweºs on tHe
same Hub· T»e nuts wiºl loosen¼ It's
OK
to have alº nuts and busHings on
one side and alº one´piece doweºs on
tHe otHer side of tHe same veHicle½
tHo·
Wet torque tHe one±piece dowel to
450´460 ºb´ft¼
THat
wiºº keep tHe
sprocket Hub tigHt¾
APR 86
µecHs½ you did your job½ right?
You folºowed tHe word in Para
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5´
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02b of TM 9±2350´253´20´2 and
replaced tHe balºistic drive bearing
cap before you sHipped your la¿er
rangefinder's RT to OS maintenance²
Good sHow!
Now make sure OS does their jobÀ
Don't accept your repaired RT from
tHem unless tHey've also repºaced the
cap·
WitHout tHe cap³ you can't mount
tHe RT in your tank. You'lº have to
go back to OS and Hope they've got a
cap or order a new cap²
Don'± Forge± the Spade!
longer a quarterly service½ eyeball
tHe assembly weekºy and ºube as
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