PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-594
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 594
MAY 2002
All Aircraft…
f the answer is yes, your unit can get a
no-cost visit from the AMCOM corro-
sion assistance team. The team will pro-
vide classes on corrosion prevention
and control and hands-on training to all
maintenance personnel. Overseas units
will get a 2-week visit.
The AMCOM corrosion assistance
team will send two representatives to
your unit to teach the course.
The training consists of a 2
1
∕
2
-hour
classroom session followed by a 1-hour
hands-on session with your aircraft. The
classroom training covers the basics of
corrosion, repair techniques, stopping
and preventing corrosion and types of
materials to prevent corrosion. The team
can assist with other corrosion problems
you have, too.
To sign up for the course, contact the
corrosion hotline at DSN 897-0209,
(256) 313-0209 or toll free 1-866-222-
2364. You can also contact team mem-
bers by e-mail:
donald.wilhite@redstone.army.mil
willie.harris2@redstone.army.mil
sidney.harrison@redstone.army.mil
juanita.curtis@redstone.army.mil
vance.riggs@titan.com
jeff.jeter@titan.com
PS 594
MAY 02
36
K
eep an eye on your Kiowa Warrior’s tail rotor cover hinge pin, crew
chiefs. Aircraft tail boom vibration slowly works the pin loose.
If the hinge pin gets
loose, it can slide back
into the tail rotor gear
box area. That’s like
throwing a wrench in the
works. If the pin is
sheared off and pieces of
it become FOD, your
flight could end in disas-
ter if the tail rotor is dam-
aged by pieces of the rod.
So keep that slippery hinge pin where it belongs. When you remove and install
the tail rotor drive shaft covers, have your airframe mechanic drill a hole in the for-
ward and aft end of the hinge half like it says in paragraph 2-3-11 of TM 1-1520-
248-23. Then add some safety wire, NSN 9505-00-293-4208, to keep the pin from
sliding out either side of the hinge.
Check out the on-line calendar at
to view the corrosion team schedule. Use the schedule to determine when the cor-
rosion team can visit your unit.
we received
your call
for help!
corrosion can
be defeated!
we’ll
stomp
a mud hole in
these corrosion
critters and
wipe out
this
menace!
Drill hole in forward and
aft end of hinge half
OH-58D…
Don’t worry,
after I drill
holes in your
hinge…
this safety wire
will hook you up
and keep that pin
in place!
594. 36-37 (C)
4/2/02
10:24 AM
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