PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-589

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 589

DECEMBER 2001
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-589 - Page 1 of 32
FRONT
FRONT
SIGHT
SIGHT
FROZEN
FROZEN
Unfreeze
Unfreeze
with lube
with lube
DIRT OR
DIRT OR
CARBON IN
CARBON IN
BARREL
BARREL
Clean
Clean
before
before
firing
firing
BOLT CARRIER
BOLT CARRIER
DOESN'T ALIGN
DOESN'T ALIGN
WITH GAS TUBE
WITH GAS TUBE
Tell your Armorer
Tell your Armorer
PIVOT PIN DETENT
PIVOT PIN DETENT
STUCK, DOESN'T
STUCK, DOESN'T
ALIGN WITH
ALIGN WITH
GAS TUBE
GAS TUBE
Free with lube
Free with lube
MAGAZINE
MAGAZINE
DAMAGED OR DIRT
DAMAGED OR DIRT
Inspect and lube
Inspect and lube
TAKEDOWN
TAKEDOWN
PIN CORRODED
PIN CORRODED
OR STICKS
OR STICKS
Clean and lube
Clean and lube
LOOSE HAND-
LOOSE HAND-
GUARD LINERS
GUARD LINERS
Get new
Get new
handguards
handguards
BUTTSTOCK
BUTTSTOCK
DRAIN CLOGGED
DRAIN CLOGGED
Open drain with
Open drain with
pipe cleaner
pipe cleaner
REAR SIGHT
REAR SIGHT
STUCK
STUCK
Unfreeze
Unfreeze
with lube
with lube
CHAMBER DIRTY,
CHAMBER DIRTY,
CORRODED
CORRODED
Clean chamber
Clean chamber
with CLP and
with CLP and
chamber brush
chamber brush
SLIP RING
SLIP RING
SPRING
SPRING
BROKEN
BROKEN
Get it replaced
Get it replaced
BUFFER & SPRING
BUFFER & SPRING
CORRODED
CORRODED
Clean and lube
Clean and lube
FRONT
SIGHT
FROZEN
Unfreeze
with lube
DIRT OR
CARBON IN
BARREL
Clean
before
firing
LOOSE HAND-
GUARD LINERS
Get new
handguards
BOLT CARRIER
DOESN'T ALIGN
WITH GAS TUBE
Tell your Armorer
PIVOT PIN DETENT
STUCK, DOESN'T
ALIGN WITH
GAS TUBE
Free with lube
MAGAZINE
DAMAGED OR DIRT
Inspect and lube
TAKEDOWN
PIN CORRODED
OR STICKS
Clean and lube
BUTTSTOCK
DRAIN CLOGGED
Open drain with
pipe cleaner
REAR SIGHT
STUCK
Unfreeze
with lube
BUFFER & SPRING
CORRODED
Clean and lube
CHAMBER DIRTY,
CORRODED
Clean chamber
with CLP and
chamber brush
SLIP RING
SPRING
BROKEN
Get it replaced
Don't Let
the
Dirty
Dozen
Do
You
in!
Don't Let
the
Dirty
Dozen
Do
You
in!
Most of these
problems come from
dirt, moisture,
and no lube in
out-of-sight places.
Clean and lube
all
parts, not
just those that
are easy to
get to.
Issue 589
December
2001
TB 43-PS-589
Approved for
Public Release;
Distribution is
Unlimited
sergeant scrooge.
..
change your ways.
.. or
you, too, will be forever
burdened by the chains
of poor pm!
589.
COVERS (C)
10/28/01
4:39 PM
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