PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-563
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 563
OCTOBER 1999
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CE-11 Reel Equipment . . .
Maintenance
Rust on your reel makes paying out
wire tougher than it needs to be. Re-
move heavy rust with steel wool, NSN
5350-00-242-4404. Remove lighter rust
with fine sandpaper, NSN 5350-00-
193-7211.
For added strength, spot weld the
seams where the spool shaft joins the
end plates. Three welds at each end
will do the trick. Clean up the welds
with a wire brush, then touch up with
paint.
After that, lube the reel at least quar-
terly to keep it rolling smoothly.
The newest reels have nylon bear-
ings that don’t need oil, so they won’t
have lube points.
The DR-8 spool that holds the wire
to be reeled needs a little attention,
too. Look at the spool’s end plates. If
the tabs are only bent over, not welded,
get support to spot weld them. Bent
tabs are too weak to hold the end plate
if you drop a loaded spool.
Weld seams to strengthen reel
...and handle
Lube face of each bearing.
..
After the rust is removed, apply a
light coat of oil, NSN 9150-00-273-
2389, to the axle.
While you have the lube handy, hit
the reel’s lube points—one on the face
of each bearing and one on the crank
handle.
Clean off rust and apply oil
The stop is a terminal item. Once
the on-hand stock is used up, you must
order the next higher assembly, which
is the plate assembly.
Item
NSN
Bearing
Housing assembly
Stop
Plate assembly
(with stop)
Retaining ring
Item
NSN
Crank and handle
Handle
Cotter pin
Get tabs welded
here
are the
facts on how
to maintain
your Ce-11 reel
equipment.
for
reel?
You can also order the sling strap,
NSN 8465-00-269-0682. It replaces
straps ST-34, NSN 8465-00-498-7991,
and ST-35, NSN 8465-00-498-7992,
which are no longer available.
Here are some other parts that sup-
port can replace for you:
hen TM 11-3895-203-15 for CE-
11 reel equipment first found its way
into the hands of operators and repair-
men, most of you weren’t born.
But the heart of the CE-11 is the
RL-39 reel and it has aged well. Still,
there have been a few parts changes
and maintenance updates over the last
30 years that you should know about.
Supply
Here is an updated unit-level repair
parts list for the RL-39:
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