PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-569
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 569
APRIL 2000
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PS 569
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APR 00
perators, the -10 TMs are wrong
when they say your M113-series
vehicle is NMC if the engine com-
partment access panels won’t seal.
TACOM says your vehicle is good
to go even with a
leaky
seal. The
engine fantower keeps any danger-
ous exhaust from entering the troop
compartment.
Make a note until the TMs can be updated.
rewmen and mechanics, before you inspect Bradley sprockets, eyeball these
upcoming changes to your TMs.
Bradleys are now NMC if even
one
drive sprocket tooth or carrier
track support is broken.
That’s down from the
three
broken teeth or supports
currently listed in your TMs.
You’ll also need to watch
for cracks that go all the
way through the sprocket
carrier and complete breaks
of the sprocket carrier.
Surface cracks are OK, but
should be reported and
watched. A break makes the
Bradley NMC.
These new checks will be
added to the -10-1 TMs as part of Item
24 in the after-operation PMCS tables. Mechanics will find the new checks
added to the sprocket drive maintenance section of their -20-1-2 TMs. Make a
note until all the TMs can be updated.
M2/M3-Series Bradleys . . .
M113-Series FOV . . .
Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge . . .
Do You Smell Gas?
L
oose or missing access covers between the crew
and engine compartments of the armored vehicle-
launched bridge are downright dangerous.
Loose or missing covers can:
Let exhaust gases seep into the crew
compartment. Carbon monoxide in the gases can
kill you!
Let an engine fire spread into the crew com-
partment before you have a chance to get out.
Check the access covers right now. If they’re
loose or missing, get your mechanic to tighten
or replace ’em right away.
Mechanics, replace any damaged or missing
gaskets, too.
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Check for these NMC conditions:
Keep access covers in place
Fantower keeps fumes
out of troop compartment
what a
lousy deal
!
i'm tellin' ya
that a
leak
in my
engine access panel
seal is
ok
!
honest!
Broken
carrier
track
support
One
broken
drive
sprocket
tooth
that takes
care of
pmcs
for today.
Cracked
sprocket
carrier
wait a
minute!
the co
wants us to follow
these
tm changes
in
ps
!
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