PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-494
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 494
JANUARY 1994
10f Air Hose
You keep yoUr distance fRom the tIre
and cage by usIng a 10-fT aiR hose/Ti±e
gaUge combinaTIon, NSN 49²0-³´44µ-
8.
¶haT geTs you a safe disTance
from the cage.
¶he gaUge should come wIth a qUick
disconnect coUpling and Two coUpLeR
adapTers· Some have been senT o¸¹
wiTh onºy the ºarge adapTer» ¶o geT an
adapTeR Fr smaºº vaºve sTems¼ use NSN
2640½00-758-6¾74¿
Gauge comes
w
a quiCk-dIsconnect
and
t
coupler adapTeRS
Appendix A¼ C¶A 50ÀÁ70 is youR
aUthoRity to ordeR The ga¸ge and adapTeR»
¶o connecT The air s¸ppºy hose to The
aIr gaUge, you need a straighT pipe-ToÂ
tUbe adapterà NSN 4730½³-3Áµ´377ÄÅ
ÆT's in the bRass ÇÈTting kÉTs Ên The ComË
mon shop seTs»
Ìf yoU're using an aIr compressoR,
keep it out of the ºine of fIre of an
expºoding wheeº¼ ¹ooÍ
Low TIre ±nFlatioN
Îf yoU find a ºow TiÏe on a vehicºe
thaT's been operatingÐ
be caref¸ºÑ
SaÒETy-Types say To remove it and cage
it beÒOre addIÓg aÔÕÑ
¶haT's beca¸se ºow pRess¸re on a rolLÖ
ing TiRe ºeTs The lock ring shifT and sºip
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o¸T of iTs gRooveÑ ×he ring can ¹ake oØ
Ùike a RockeT when yo¸ add
a±
So¼ if you ÒÚg¸Re To work wÛth TÚres
during a fieºd pÏobºem, you sho¸ºd tÏy To
Take a cage wiTh youÜ BeÒOre you air ¸p
the TiRe, secURe the cage in some way to
keep iT fRom tÝpping over if a spºiT Ring
bºows oØÑ
He²R³ng Pro´ectIoN
Hearing proTecTion when seÞvÚcing
TiRes is not an ßSHA or AÏmy requIreË
ment, just common senseà Æf youáve got
eaRpº¸gs¼ oR earm¸ØâType ear proTecã
ToRs¼ weaR Themà Your eaRs wiºº Thank
you if The tire bºows»
P±otecT youR
heaRIng²
wea³ ´lugs
o³ eaRmufµ
µor SupervIsoRs
A fÚnaº word Fr BMßs or moTor
seRgeanTs: ¶hink safety» ßSHA STanã
dard ²Áµ0»µ77 charges yo¸ äo make
s¸re your mechaÓics and operatoRs are
TraIned in The servÚcing of m¸åTiâpiece
rims and wheeºs»
Æf yoUÐor theyæaRenát Up to speed
on That standaRd¼ conTacT yo¸r çocaº
saÒEty oØiceÜ ×hey wiºº have a copy of
iT¼ or kÓow where To geT oneà
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