PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-444
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 444
NOVEMBER 1989
hose M60 extras-spare barrel,
traversing and elevating mechanism
(T&E), Blank firing attachment (±FA)
²can prove to be extra important
when you need them .
.. anD you will
need them.
You're supposed to change the Barrel
every
2
minutes of rapid fire. If you
³re with the same barrel, the barrel
overheats. ±ut if you replace it with a
dirty barrel, your M60 quits firing.
So, when you clean one barrel, clean
the other, too.
I
Clean both barrels
i
If the T&E gets gummed up or cor´
rodeD, you can't adjust it fOr firing. If
itµs banged aRound during travel, it's
knocked out of calibration. That ¶uins
accuracy. Clean the T &· with a rag
and CLP when you cleaN your M60.
To protect it fOr travel, wrap the T&E
in a rag and store it iN the spare barrel
case.
¸¹ the ±FA's ºot cleaºed, it gets
»u¼ed with carBoN. Cleaº it wi½h ¾LP
a¿er every 500 rouºds or a½ the eºd o¹
½he day aloºg wi½h the rest o¹ the M60.
44
NOV
89
N
ever replace the M60's BuÀer just
because you spot a bit of hydraulic
fluid around its wiÁer (Brass) riºgÂ
The ring (it surrounds the plunger
rod) picks up fluiD each time the
plunger's depressed. The fluid lubes
the rod.
As loÃg as the plunger reÄeases
quickly wheN you depreÅs it, the BufÆ
Çr's Èine.
KeeÁ the ±FA screwed oº tigHt, tooÂ
A loose ±FA le½s gas escape Éigh½eº
it dUriºg BreaÊs in fËring ViBratioº
shaÊes it looseÂ
KEp the
wing nut
tight
¸t's Not Ìne if Íuid dribBles out of the BuÀer when you depress the pluNger
or ½he plunger has little spring. ÎepÄace the BuÀer.
Wipe oÀ the hyDraulic fluid Ïom the wiper ring and plunger with a cleaning
patch Be»re and after firingÂ
NOV
89
45
Back to Top Back to Top
