PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-575
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 575
OCTOBER 2000
PS 575
5
OCT 00
he HMMWV parts TM is real good for info
on tan and green vinyl covers and doors for the
cab and cargo areas, but it’s real short on info on
woodland camouflage covers and doors.
That’ll be changed with the next revision to
the TMs, but until then, use this info to keep
everything under cover:
HMMWVs . . .
Item
NSN
2-man crew soft-top kit
2-man crew soft top only
4-man crew soft-top kit
4-man crew soft top only
Cargo area soft-top kit
Cargo area soft top only
Troop area soft-top kit
Troop area soft top only
4-man crew curtain
assembly
Front door, left hand
Front door, right hand
Rear door, left hand
Rear door, right hand
Wheeled Vehicles . . .
Match Lenses to Bodies
A
few mechanics have found out the hard way that you can’t use a plastic and
aluminum taillight lens on a plastic taillight body. Neither can you use an all-
plastic lens on a metal taillight body. The lens assemblies are interchangeable,
but the parts are not.
So use NSN 6220-00-179-4324 to get a plastic and aluminum lens. It carries
part number 11639535. Use NSN 6220-01-359-2870 to get an all-plastic lens. It
carries part number 12375841.
Eyeball the wheel rims for dented or
bent rim flanges.
the tire, report it. Also, eyeball the hub’s
oil level. Make sure it’s up to the mark.
Lights/Reflectors
Walk around the trailer and look at
the taillights, clearance lights and re-
flectors. Lenses should be clean and
undamaged.
Make sure the trailer’s lights work.
If they don’t, let your mechanic know
about it.
u
dy?
Eyeball the space between dual tires.
Remove any rocks wedged between
them.
Tires/Wheels
Tires and wheels on trailers take
a beating from highway and cross-
country travel.
Always make sure the tires are in-
flated to -10 TM levels. Overinflated
or underinflated tires wear out early.
Wheel nuts can loosen by themselves
from vibration, so take a look at the
nuts on every wheel. Look for chipped
paint, shiny spots or rust flakes around
a nut. That’s a clue to loose fasteners.
Axle covers on M870-series trailers
are born leakers. When covers leak
enough oil, axle bearings go dry and
burn out. If you see oil dripping down
Anything
you find that
you can’t fix, let
your mechanic
know.
PS 575
4
i'm
short
on
cargo covers, kits
and doors. use
this
chart
...
Lights/reflectors
Burned out, missing, broken or cloudy?
Lug nuts
Axle covers
Oil dripping down tire?
Wheels
Tires
Lug nuts or rim clamps missing
or loose?
Rocks or debris wedged in between?
Rims dented? Flanges bent?
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