PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-436
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 436
MARCH 1989
OH-58 Kiowa .
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efre you lube youR biRd's swashplate and suppoRt assembly, eyEball the
swashplate cap. PN 206-010-444±1 has its own grease Fitting. PN 206-010²456²1
has fur sMall vent hOles instead o³ a grEase ³itting.
I³ your bird's swashplate cap has vEnt holes, lube the swashplate thROugh the
F´tting in the sWashplatE outeR Ring. Keep puMping until lube is purgµd ¶oM
One OR More holes in the cap.
Then rotate the OuteR ring 360 degREes in 90²degRee incReMents, lubing at each
increMent.
I³ the swashplate cap has its Own lube ³itting instead o³ fUR holEs, slap the
lube to it until gREase is puRged ¶oM thE lower seal. ·otate the OutE¸ Ring 360
degrees while lubi¹g at 90-degREE incReMents.
If cap has no fit±ng, lube ThrOugh
The swashpLaTe OuTer ring fit±ng
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I³ the cap has its Own lubE Fitting, the otheR ³ºtting»in the outeR Ri¼g» should
be plugged.
I³ it's not pluGgEd, plug it with drive s½Rew, NSN 5305¾00¿253¾56À8.
Don't be tEMpted tO puMp lubµ through the unplugged Átting because it'll
puRge past the seal and thE beaRings won't get lubEd.
The caution's spElled out in Âig 1Ã5 o³ TÄ 55Ã1520-228-23.
Oh-580 .
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Package Parts CorRe±Ty
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lot O³ coMponents aRe aRRiving at
Rebuild with MoRE daÅagE than they
staRted with.
Äast MOuntEd sight systeM L·Æ's
»black boxes, sensoRs and ciRcuit card
asseMblies»are
extREMEly
¶agile.
They aRe easily daMagEd when thEy'Re
not packaged propeRlyÇ ·EpaiR costs
double, Even tRiplE, and thE liÈspan
o³ the coMponEnt is grEatly reducEd.
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The quickest, cheapest and saÈst
way to package L·Æ's and other ¶aÉ
gile equipMEnt is to REuse the ManuÊacÉ
tureR's shipping containeRs, i³ you still
have 'eM.
So save those containeRs fR later
when you nEed 'EM.
I³ you can't lay yOur hands on the
original shipping containER, latch ontO
a copy O³ TÄ 9¾Ë240¾778Ì20.
Task
3A5 tElls how tO package MOst o³ the
ÍH¾58D's Mast Mounted sight systeM
L·Î's.
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