PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-555
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 555
FEBRUARY 1999
PS 556
35
MAR 99
OH-58D . . .
Relocate
cannon
plug
bracket
from
here.
..
he Kiowa Warrior’s .50-cal gun
cable doesn’t have enough slack. When
the universal weapon pylon is folded
up, the gun’s umbilical cable is pulled
too tight. Eventually cable wiring is
damaged.
To give the cable some slack, move
the cannon plug bracket from the side
of the aft cage assembly to the top of
the cage. Here’s how:
Separate the aft cage from the pod
by following Steps 1-6 on Page 4-196
in TM 9-1090-214-23&P. You don’t
need to take the pod from the helicop-
ter or the gun from the pod to do this.
Take off the cannon plug bracket
from the aft cage by grinding through
the weld bead. Do as little damage as
...to here
Leave these items out!
Touch up the bracket and cage with
primer, NSN 8010-00-142-9279, and
paint, NSN 8010-00-935-7079.
Install the aft cage to the gun pod
following Steps 13 through 15 on
Page 4-199 of the TM. When reassem-
bling the gun pod, leave out Items 6
through 10 in Fig C-18. They are no
longer needed to support the harness
assembly.
possible to the bracket and cage.
Straighten the bracket if it was bent
or have a new bracket fabricated
from 4130N low-carbon alloy steel,
NSN 9515-00-267-1441.
Have your welding shop weld the
bracket like this:
it's time
to cut your
kiowa some
slack
!
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