PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-426
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 426
MAY 1988
Dear EditoR
Some aviation units are always scrounging or substituting
common hardware because they don't keep track of what's used
and what's needed. ±ven when they've got the pa²s, they can't
always find ³em.
We devised a system of replacing hardware that's almost fool-
proof. We use it for our UH´1 'sand OHµ5B's, but it should work for
any kind of aircraft.
We attached hardware used most often on our birds to a large,
portable display board. We grouped similar ¶ardware together
and numbered th
e
m consecutively.
So, when a mech needs a bolt, nut, washeR clamp, or whateveR
he simply goes to the board and finds an Identical part. Then he
goes to the parts bins, finds the bin number that co·esponds to
the hardware number and gets the part he needs. He sIgns for aLl
hardwar¸ he removes from the bins so that our unit supply clerk
can replenIsh our stocks perIodica¹yº
Tacke» to the display board Is a complete ¼s½ng of every piece
of hardwar¸ displayed.
The ¼sting Includes NSN's, Item descrip
tIons, unIt of Issue, model of aircraft, bin number and a column for
misce¹aneous Info.
ThIs system Is a big timeµsave¾ for our mechanics and supply
clerks a¼ke.
W¸ nev¿r com¸ up short on common har»wareº
(Editor's note: Some paRts look alike, but they±re Not
the same. Check your parts manual and the ²S² to
be ³eRtain you get the right replacement part´ Also,
be careful while puttIng parts in the bins thaT you
don't Mµ them¶)
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Àa·y AthÁ²on
F
Knox, KY
MAY88
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Gas Producer NSN's
Some of the items you need to replace the gas prodUcer control assembly in yoUr
KIowa's poweR plant were added to
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