PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-456
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 456
NOVEMBER 1990
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Old Slave
Receptacles
Dangerous
E
arly HEMTis have slave Recepta-
Cles on th± batteRy box. They'R²
dangerOus³ If you slave staRt w´th those
Recµptacles, a FRe can staR¶ ´n thµ ba¶-
terY box
MW· 9¸2320¸279¸20¹3 º´ll move
the RecePtacle to the otheR s´de of the
tRUck» BUt ´t won¼½ h´t ¶he f´eld be¾Re
199¿À
IN the meant´me, yoU mechan´cs can
use the ´nteR´m RePaÁR pRocedURe sPelled
out ´n TA·à SaĶŠof Æse Msg
AMSTA¸MTÂ 0Ç2100Z Èov 85 tha¶
w´ll le¶ yoU saÄly use Éhµ slave ReceP-
taclµsÊ If youR local T A·M Log´st´cs
Ass´stance
ËepResentat´ve
doesn'¶
have a copy, wR´te Hal̸Mas½Í
No±-AsbesTos
B²ake ³hoe
W
hen the
HEMT
needs ÎRake
shoes, RePlace all ¾UR ÎRake shoes on
each axle
Ï
w´th the neº Non¹asbes¶os
shoes»
Order fur shoes fr each axle:
Front axle (All HEMTs)
Brake shoe with lining-
NSN
2530·01±287²2³67
Rear axles (all HEMTs
except wrecker)
Brake shoe with lining-
NSn
2530´01±287±2³66
Rear axles (wrecker onLy)
Brake shoe with lining-
NSN
2530·01±287µ2165
"
Ðhe new bRaKe shoes have the paRt
numbeR stamped on the bacK oÑ each
sÒoeÓ wh´le the olD ones aRe pla´n»
Ðha¶'s how yoU tell the d´ÔeRence»
Mi²²or fo² ´aTTe²y CHecK
H
aNd ÕÁÖÖoR×
NSn
Ø¿20¹00Ù8Ú2¹Ø709, Ás ½Ûe extRa sÜt
oÝ eÅes ÞoU Need to CÛeCk ½he ReßR ÎatteÖàes oN a
HEMT.
TÛµ áâoR ÛµlPs yoU see CRaCks,
ãeßks aNd ½Ûµ eleCäoãŽe ãµVeãs ´N
åe ælãeR hoãµs» çoUR au¶Ûoè¶y
FR
oRdeéNG ½he ÕêëoR
Ás ìPPeNdàx ì oí
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aNy 2ñòóand عton tRUcKs aRe runn´ng aRoUnd w´th overælled d´ôeRent´al
õöar boxes» An oveRf´ããed gear box bU´lds Up PRessuRe» Th´s causes oveRheat´ng,
ºh´ch w´ll blow s÷alø»
It's Real easy to ovùRf´ll a d´ÔµRent´al» The L· tells you the lube level shoUld
be at the úûttom of the æll holeü´f the o´l ´s hot» The pýoblem w´th checKþng
lUbe level ´n a hot box ´s that a sold´eR can get buÿĀd»
So ´t'ā best to check the level wheN the d´ÔeRent´al ´s coldü´f you can hold
youR hand oĂ the box, ´t's ·ă» Level should be ñò ´ncÒ below the l´P of the
æll plug»
·
To measuRe th´s, st´ck youR l´ttle ængeR ´N to the æRst jo´nt and bend ´t doºn»
If yoU ÉoUch o´l, the level's ·ă»
Bu¶ no½ all ængeRs aRe equal» Some b´g l´ttle ængeRs woĄ't eveN æt ´n the hole»
To eveN ½h´NGs UP, make a ængeR eqUal´zeR»
HeRµ's hoą:
V
Âut an 8¸´n P´ece of ñĆ¹´n ºeld´ng Rod»
a
Bend a ængeR looP ´n one end aNd a
1¹´N leg on the otheRć
v
MeasURe down ñò ´nch Ĉom the ´ns´de
aNgle and maRk a l´ne w´th a penc´l oR Ält
t´P Pen»
±
ĉ´le a notch on ¶he oUts´de of the
"d´Pst´cKĊ so ´t's easy to see»
³´W wµ¶· Y¸U m¹Aº»¼ t½¾
¿IL ÀÁvÂÃ, yÄÅ CÆÇ BÈ ÉiÊË ÌÍÎ
} ÏÐÑÒ ÓÔÕÖ '×Ø ÙÚP!
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