PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-582
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 582
MAY 2001
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ometimes crews unknowingly do things that seriously hurt their MLRS. Those
actions fall into the
"Hey, Don't Do That"
category.
For instance:
CLP and abrasive pads
—Some units try to dress up the MLRS with CLP and
abrasive pads. Bad move! CLP on CARC paint makes it easier for enemy radar to
detect you, plus it can cause the paint to flake off.
Abrasive pads take the protective coating from stuff like the boom rails and actu-
ators. No coating means corrosion is on the way. Plus the pads can ruin the buttons
that protect the booms against friction when they're moved. All the cleaning info
you need is in Para 3-9 of TM 9-1425-646-10-1.
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Do That!
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Retracting booms
—If you retract the booms while the launcher's elevated, the
mechanism that activates the blast shield doors will be damaged from the strain of
closing the doors from that angle.
Abrasive pads ruin buttons
that protect booms
MLRS Launcher.
..
Hey,
Don't
Old grease
—If you don't remove the old grease from the booms before you pump
in clean grease, you're not doing your MLRS any favors. The old grease has sand
and dirt in it that turns grease into a gunky scouring agent. The grease grinds up
gears and makes it hard for the boom's moving parts to move. The boom motor
wears out quickly.
Flush and wipe out the old grease like it shows on Pages 3-35 through 3-38 in
-10-1 before pumping in new grease.
Flush out grease in booms
before pumping in grease
The launcher should
be lowered to
35 mil
to retract the booms.
Now that
I’ve lowered
your launcher,
I can retract
the boom.
Clean
my booms
like so:
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4/4/01
10:35 PM
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