PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-429
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 429
AUGUST 1988
You need to eyeball the boLts on the
ball joints Ever± time you pull a semi-
annUal serVice on a HMMW². Those
bolts loosen with the shake, rattLe and
roll of cross³country driving´
If a bolt is loose or yoµ See a shiny
spot around the bolt or nut, do not re¶
torque the nut. Replace it with N·N
5310¸00³814³0673.
Hold one beFre you put a bolt back
in. Pages 6¹45 and 6º47 of TM 9³2320³
280³20 show bolts going in »om t¼e
bottom side of the control arm. That's
wrong! The truck headshed says tu½
¾¿À aroUnD anD pUt t¼¿ ÁeaD at tÁe toÂ
oà tÁe control arm.
Äorget tÁat ÃoÅ the loÆeÅ baÇl joints
oÈ moDeÇs MÉÉ6Ê MÉ97Ë MÌ037 or
MÌ042Ê tÁo. T¼¿ boÇt Æill ÆeaÅ intO
tÁ¿ ball jointÍs DUstcaÂ.
·ee ChaÂter 2 oÃ
TB
43³000ÌÎ39³2
(AÂr 88) Fr Àore ÏÈF.
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Turn 'em around .
.±
put thE heads oN top
of the cOntRol arm
2 1/2-& 5±tcn ²ruCk MeChaniCs .³´
SAV² U³
(´Jµ/M¶·¸
rOR Ot±
¹ºW
CoMPESs²³/
ItÐs iÑpossible to make ends meet when you put a new air compressor on a
2 1/2³or 5Òton trµck unLess you saVe some of tÓe parts ÔoÑ the old compressor.
·ome mechanics tUrn in compressor, N·N Õ530³00³863¹3155Ö with the acces×
sory parts still attached. They think tÓeyÐll get alL new stuØ.
Wrong! When you order a new compressorÙ alL you get is a new compressor.
The accessory parts then haVe to be ordered and the truck is dÚadlined Until the±
arriVeÛ
·o hang on to the unloader vaLVe elbow, discharge ÑaniFLd, and intake air
cLeaner. They are Items 7Ö 15Ö and 18 of Üig. Ý28 in Þhange
µ
of ßM 9¹2320³209³
20P.
If the intake air cleaner is dirt±, order a replacement when you order the
compressor. YouÐll also need new gaskets Fr the discharge eàbow and air cleaner,
Items 4 and 17 of Üigá 128.
AUG 88
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