PS Magazine - SEPTEMBER 1986
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 406
SEPTEMBER 1986
M48A5, M60-Series Tanks, AVLB's± M88A1 and M728 .
..
Sealing in Grease
There's only one RGHT way to in-
staL± the roadwheel arm's inNer and
outer grease seals:
Instal± the inNer seaL with the lip
toward you. Install the outer sEal with
the lip going away fom you.
IF the seals are in backward, road²
wh³l
a
dOn't get luBd. Meanwh´le,
the grease you're pumping leaks out oF
tµe arm and ´nto the hull.
Para 2¶5j oF T· 43¶0¸1¹39¹5 (Apr
85) has all the inº you need to i»stall
grease seals .
AvDS²179³ SeRIes Eng´Nes .µ¶
MAking A COMPLETE Oil Change
DO yourselF ¼ big ½vor, mechs, whe»
tµe A¾AP l¼b tells you tO change the
eng´»e oil in an M48A5 or M6¹ser´es
t,
A V¿·, M728 or M88AÀ.
Get aLl tµe d´rÁ o´l out Or yOu'l± probÂ
¼bly µave
T
cÃge it agaÄ aÅr Æe next
sample.
MÇe sure you dra´» tµe oil fom the
oil cÈlersÉ There are 4¹5 gallonS oF o´l
in the cÈlersÉ ¾Ên tµe drain vaLve just
under the oil ËLter and the o´l ËLter ve»t.
Ìhis leÍ the dÎty oil
d
into the
craNkcase and then out oF the engine.
Ìhis elÏinates a source oF oil conÐiÂ
nationÑa big plus ºr maiNtenance.
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SEP 86
Combat Vehicles ··¸
Don't Junk Busted M3 HeateR
I
the Ò3 heater on your Óehicle's gaS
parÔcuLate ËLtEr uniÕ dÖn'Õ work, don't
remove it whiLe you waiÕ ºr a new one.
And you will wait. ×upply
h
rØchÙ
the Úttom oF tµe barrel. Unt´l you can
get one Ûom supply, lØve the old heater
in place. That's Bcause there's nothing
to connect the M25AÀ masK hose to iF
the heater's ÜissÝg.
Your crews m´ght
b
uncomÞortable
M60²Series Tanks ¸¹¹
.±² or you won't be able
to use your M25A1 mask
ºr a whiße witµ cÈl
a i±D
oF Warm
comÝg Ûom Æe GPàUÉ
áut,
cool,
Ëltered
a
be¼ts contaânatÙ
A.
You can live witµ it.
AMCC¾M
Ma´ntenance
AdvisOry
Msg 8ã¶ã has Æe word.
±eal Leak, or Missing Space²s?
Make sure, mechs, thaÕ you don't
create a lä´Ng Fan tower spindle seal
when you påæare ºr groundçhopp´Ng.
èhen you get ready to rén up an
Òê¶seriES
²
engine, you remove the
cëìng
f³
right? íuÕ do you make suî
yoé
´µl
a spacer on each spindle
ïºre you ðghten the nutSñ
I
you don'Õ, the seaL has no æressure
Make sure
the fan
tower spacer
is inst³lled
before
ground-hop
on it
¶
k³æ it in ælace. It wiò lÈsen
óememïr ôhe sp¼cEr and ºrget the
during õNöuæ. You'÷ s³ a leak and you
exøa work.
Ìhe spacer, ù×ù 49úû¶
may
·
the seaL is bad. You'll wüte
ý¶79þ¶7ÿþ2, is IĀEm 39 oF āig 2ú3 in
a lot oF work Ăă a
s
ºr noĄg.
¸
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