PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-605

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 605

APRIL 2003
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-605 - Page 19 of 33
PS 605
APR 03
35
OH-58D…
PS 605
APR 03
34
O
nce more into the breech, mechanics, to fight the corrosion war. No matter where
corrosion hides out, it can be wiped out.
When you remove the impulse
cartridges from your Kiowa’s store
ejector rack, eyeball the contact
areas and the breech for corrosion.
If you find hidden corrosion, clean
the breech like it says in paragraph
4-70 of TM 9-1090-214-23&P and
apply a light coat of lubricating
Trapped water in the breech starts
the corrosion process, so don’t let
it build up. If you do, that could
stop the cartridges from firing.
A surefire way to seal out water
and keep it at bay so weapons con-
tinue to fire, is to apply teflon tape,
NSN 8030-00-889-3535, to the
threads of the cartridge retainers.
Apply
teflon tape
to retainer
threads to
seal out
water
Clean breech and apply lubricating oil
resisting
us is
futile!
you will be devoured
into the
corrosion
collective!
you’re
going
down!
I’m
protected
against
fiends
like you!
m-my
leg!
I’m
hit…
it’s just a flesh
wound, mallory. I’m
afraid you’ll live…
but… you’d better
git outta
this
town.
that even a slow-
handed blacksmith with
a well-maintained
weapon is
more
than a
match for an ornery
gunslinger who doesn’t
care about
pm.
I guess
“boothill”
mallory
learned
somethin’
today,
son.
what’s
that,
pa?
I-I’m
leavin’,
doc.
M
inutes
later…
605. 34-35 (C)
2/24/03
1:05 PM
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