PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-584
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 584
JULY 2001
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rewmen, the ramp light switch on your Bradley has a job to do—if you’ll let it.
The switch is released when the ramp is lowered. That turns off the interior
dome lights and keeps you from being an easy target on a dark battlefield.
Using tape, cargo straps, rubber
bands or anything else to keep the
switch depressed—and the light on—
not only blows your light security, but
causes damage as well.
The extra layers on the switch make
it stick out too far. When the ramp
closes, it crushes the switch and shorts
out the 1W19 cable. Not only do you
lose the ramp switch, but the head-
lights won’t work, either.
A new cable will cost you a bundle, so let the switch do its job. Keep the tape
and other stuff away.
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M2/M3-Series Bradleys…
f you don't take it easy installing the feeder on the Bradley's M242 cannon, the gun
will starve for ammunition. Jamming the feeder on the receiver mangles the sole-
noid and motor connectors.
But if you remember just four easy steps, you'll do the job right every time:
Don’t strap or tape down
switch to keep light on
Push the feeder all the way forward on the
receiver. Press the release button and push
the drive shaft handle up into place. If the han-
dle won't easily push up, reposition the feeder
and try again. Once the handle is locked in, it
shouldn't rotate more than
1
⁄
2
inch right or left. If
it does, tell your repairman.
Press the feeder handle
latch down and push the
feeder handle down. If it
locks down full against the
receiver, you're set.
Oh,
great!
With my ramp
light switch
taped up, I’m
a
sitting
duck
out
here!
LEAVE LIGHT SWITCH ALONE!
LEAVE LIGHT SWITCH ALONE!
picky,
picky,
picky!
that’s not
the kind of
jam I’m talking
about! I think
my
feeder
is
jammed!
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If you get any resistance when you push
down on the handle,
STOP
pushing.
Press the release button on the drive shaft,
pull the drive shaft down, and reposition the
feeder.
Lock in the drive shaft and try again
to lock down the feeder handle.
If you still
get resistance, have your repairman check
the alignment of the connectors.
4
Make sure both the
receiver and feeder are
locked in SEAR. The bolt
position indicator should
point to SEAR.
1
f you
er just
easy
ou'll do
b right
time…
584. 16-17
(C)
6/6/01
11:31 AM
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