PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-522
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 522
MAY 1996
M3-Seres BRley .±²
±©² W©@m CBfol&
r
verything has its limIT, crewmen± in-
CLuding the TRaCk adjuste² ²od on you²
M23³sE´µes Brad¶ey.
·
When tIghTening ·he TRaCk¸ The maxi-
mum exTension fO² The pIston is 31/
inChes¹
If
you go beyond That¸ the pis-
ton seal ºupTuRes and the traCK adJusTer
²od Is ²uined.
Don'» guess how
F
»he pIsTon is exTended¼ eiThe²½ What looks L¾ke th²ee inChes
o² so Could easIly be mo²e¿ Use the Rule²¼
N³N 5210´00´2µ4´522µ,
FÀom you²
BÁÂÃ ÄhaT's why iÅ's theReÆ
±
I¶
The traCÇ
i·
stiLÈ too loose aFÉe² the pIston ReaChes 3ÊË InChesÌ loosen the
t²aCk and ²emove a shoeÍ Ähen t²y agaInÃ
How Tight Is Too Tight?
O
peRatoºsÎ Keep this In mInd whIle
tighTenIng you² BRadLey's fÏnaL d²ive
dRain pÈugs: ÐventuallyÎ theyÑre goµng
to have to Come baCk ouTÃ
Ähose plugs geT wet¸
so CoR²osIon is going to
fORmÒ When the pLugs are
tIghtened Too muCh, »haT
CoR²osIon Óeezes them In
plaCe¿ When That hap-
pensÔ you² onLy ÕptIon Is
To geT 'em CuT outÖ
P¸¹ºº
»¼
Ähe²e Is no to²que ²eQui²ement¼ so
ma×e suRe you puT the pÈugs in snug,
but noT too tightØ ÙusT a liTTLe moRe Than
hand tÚght is ²ÚghTÃ
BeÛo²e you sC²ew in
the
PLugsÜ
Coat
the
th²eads wIth CauL×Ing
Compound¼
n³n 80µ0´
00´½97´06¾¿
Ýhat'll p²e³
vent ÈeaKsÜ hoÈd down
CoRRosIonÞ and heLp ×eep
the pßugs àom sTICkingá
mAYÀÁ
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