PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-440
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 440
JULY 1989
Never use the areas around the
Weapons Control CompUter intake fil-
ter and main shelter air Flters as coat
racks oR places to put boxes. If the
computer filter's blocked, the compu-
ter overheats ±±± and c²ashes± Check
the filters at least monthly ³r dirt, too±
Keep your
filter cLean.
Don't stack
things in
fRont oF
vent
Ladder Matter
Ladders ³r the ECS and ´adar Set
break at the step welds± Eyeball step
14
welds fOr cracking± DS can reinforce
the steps with a crossµbar ¶ix± That will
hold you unti· your new ladder, NS¸
2540¹00µ854º4445» arrives±
Landing Pads
¼he landing leg pads ³r the Battery
Maintenance Center and Small ´epair
Par½s Transporter sink in the sand± Stop
sinking pads by putting two 2x
l
2x24¹
in boards under eacH pad± ¾r use semi¿
trailer ground jack boards, ¸SN 2510º
00µ74
L-
7585± Center the boards befOre
lowering the landing legs±
Suppo± each
outRiGgeR pad
with two
2
x
12
x
24-iN
boaR²s
M60 Machine ³un ´´µ
Match Sprin
ANd RoD
T
here are new guide rods and recoi·
springs
in
supply±
If you mix the
new with the old, you Get problems,
armorers±
Since the old guide rod fits loosely
in the new spring, the spring will get
Àlat spots and caUse the M60 to jam±
The new guide rod is too big ³r tÁe
old spring± If you fOrce it in, you dam¿
age the spring±
Match gUide rods and springs± The
gUide rod shoUld Ât snuglyÃand easily
in the spring± If it doesn't, order a new
rod, ¸S¸ 1005¹01¹188¹7877, or new
spring, NSN 5360¹0ÄÅ203Å2973Æ
Sprung Spring
Çe new spring shrinks faster than the old spring± That leads to poor recoil,
which caUses doUble feeds and jamming± Measure springs often±
¶ew RecoiL spRinGs shrInk quicke·´ ¸f sho±e· thaN 23% inches, ReplacE It
JU± 89
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