PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-562
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 562
SEPTEMBER 1999
PS 562
25
SEP 99
PS 562
24
SEP 99
Tire Pressure Check
M
echanics, there are still SEEs out
there with the wrong tire pressure
marked on their fenders. The SEE needs
just 40 psi per tire for both highway and
cross-country driving. Any more or any
less air pressure leads to sidewall dam-
age. So, stencil “40 PSI” on each fender
as a reminder to your operators.
Small Emplacement Excavator . . .
Clean out both drain holes
Travel locks hold bucket in place
travel locks
take a
load off
my
hydraulics
.
good! did
you check
their
drain
holes
?
Stencil here
OK, these
buckets are
all
on the
ground
.
SEE Side Mirror
NSN 2540-01-417-5833 gets the small emplacement excavator’s side
view mirror. The NSN shown for Item 10 in Fig 219 of TM 5-2420-224-
24P is wrong.
perators, you can save your SEE’s bucket and its hydraulic system lots of
grief by following these traveling and parking rules.
Drop the Bucket
When you park your SEE, make sure
the bucket is resting flat on the ground.
That takes the weight off the lift cyl-
inders and it keeps water from pooling
up in the bucket.
Also, make sure the bucket’s drain
holes aren’t clogged with debris or
dried mud. Plugged holes keep water
from draining out.
Water that sits in the bucket causes
rust and splits welds when it freezes in
the winter.
Use Travel Locks
Before traveling long distances with your SEE, make sure you install the
loader’s travel locks.
They hold the bucket in place about a foot above the ground. That way the
bucket’s weight won’t ride on the hy-
draulic cylinders—which can blow
seals or hydraulic lines—and the bucket
won’t hit the ground if the cylinders
let it drop—a potentially dangerous
situation.
The locks also keep the bucket teeth
pointed up and out of the way of ground obstacles.
Pages 2-87 and 2-88 of the TM 5-2420-224-10 tell you how to install and
remove the travel lock’s spring clips.
621B Scraper Battery
NSN 6140-01-250-2113 gets the battery for the 621B scraper. The
battery shown on Page 76 of TM 5-3805-248-14&P4 is no longer
available.
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