PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-430
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 430
SEPTEMBER 1988
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If unravelling rope ends are Faying
your nerves, seize up the situation.
Some ropes, like those on vehicle
tarps, comE with metal end clips. But
those clips aren't in the supply system.
So, when they±re lost or ruined, seize
rope ends like this:
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²or natural fiber rope-man³
ila, hemp or cotton´wHip the
rope ends with cord like soµ
Lay loop a±ong rope
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End
StaR whipping here
²AsT rOund thrU ±OOP
³u±± loop tO center
Cut here
(´he loops are opened to c±arIfy
the WhipPIng procedure
Or wrap tHe ends with rein¶rCed
nylon tape:
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Size
NSN7510·00¸
¹/2·in
58º·4771
3»in
80º·8¼11
1»in
58º·477º
Mash the
ends TOgeTher
aFer melTIng
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²or
synthetic
rope´nylon
or
polypropylene´melt the enDs to½
gether with a heaT gun, matCh or torch
¾ame.
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Or use shr¿nKable insulation sleevÀ
ing on either synthetic or natural fÁber
rope.
Remember, tubing will shrink to
about one·half of its original size, so
orDer a size that easily slips over the
rope end Get this tubing by the Ãot:
Äo apply shÅink tUbingÆ
´Çut a 3 to 1»in piece
of tUbing.
´Slip the tuÈing over The
rope, leaving a little of the
end showing.
NSÉ5970·
00»815»1º95
00Ê954·16º4
00·81º·Ë967
01·169·17º¼
00»815»1¼00
Éo matter which method yoÌ use,
be sÌre the seized rope end will fit
through the equipment±s hardware.
´Shrink the tÌbing with
a heat gun or match until
it±s snug on the rope.
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