PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-509

PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-509 - Page 34 of 54

"Innocent Bystander bites the Dust'±

is the tragic headline coming out of Too

maNy maiNTeNANce hANgaRs.

±hose bysTanders aRe d²Ive shAFts³ ´T doesN'T

tAke mUch oF A scraTch

oR deNT To wriTe

theµr obit¶aRy·

±oo o¸TeN drive

shaFTs are dam-

Aged whiLe yoU'¹e

workiNg ºA¹oUNd the

sha» ANd NoT o¼ The

shAFT µtse½F·

¾emoviNg The shAFT-

driVeN comp²esso¹, For

exAMple, is NoT A toUgh job

¿N iTseL¸, b¶t µT sUre puts The ÀumbeR

TaiL RoTor dRÁVe shaFT iN haRm's way· ±here's

Just Not much clearaNce aroUNd The shAFÂ wheN yoU puLL The compressor.

So TheRe THe shAFT siTs

AN iNNoceNt bysTaNder. ÄheNÅ biNgo! ´T Takes a BiT³

Ähe FiX is simpLeÆ W¹ap The shAFT wiTh cLoÇH or pAckiNg. ÈAke sUre iTÉs cLeaN ANd

Thick eNough To proÊecT The shAË³ÌNd doN'T ÍrgeT ThAT eVeRy piece oF wrap ThaT goes

with yoU To the Top oF The bird beTTer mAke THe Trip back dowNÎ

ÌNoTher soLuÇioN is To RemoVe The shaFTÎ ´T's heLd oN by

boLÇs aNd

quÏckLy removedÐ Once Çhe shAFt Is out, yo¶ caN work oN The compRessor easiLy.

Ñe careFÒL wheN yoU'Re hANdLiNg Âhe shAÓÊ or you'LL sTill do the DAmage yo¶

were TryiNg To avoid.

PS 509

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APR 95

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