PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-616
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 616
MARCH 2004
MAR 04
39
UH-60A/L…
Dear Sergeant Blade,
Our mechanics had a tough time assembling tires on rims for our Black
Hawks using the suggested line-up bolts in Paragraph 3-4-13 of TM 1-
1520-237-23 to help draw the wheel halves together.
The problem is that the line-up bolts
are not long enough and we can’t screw
the nuts onto the other bolts to tight-
en the wheel halves together, especially
when assembling new tires.
Also, because of the position of the
bolt pattern, the halves do not rest
evenly when bolted together on the
floor. That can cause leaks through the
packing once the tire is fully assembled.
We’ve come up with a table-mounted
fixture that lets you assemble the wheel
without using line-up bolts to draw the
wheel halves together.
Your AVIM shop can make the tire fix-
ture. Then you can attach it to a table.
Follow the TM procedures as usual,
except use the fixture instead of bolts
to draw the wheel halves together like it
shows on the next page.
Sgt Andres Chamorro, Jr
MAARNG
this fixture
is just what
the doctor
ordered!
you betcha. since
we got the plans
from PS, mounting
tires has been a
breeze.
Make table-mounted tool
to ease wheel assembly
1.
Put old
bearing
and inner
wheel
half on
fixture
3.
Add round plate. Use nut
handle to tighten plate
4.
Add wheel bolts…
Front of tire
Rear of tire
5.
…and tighten them
6.
Remove wing nut, pressing plate, old
bearing and assembled tire from fixture
2.
Put tire and outer wheel half
on fixture, and add bearing
Sergeant
Chamorro,
that’s a
Smart idea!
Units, if you want to
have the fixture made,
email or write PS and
we’ll send you a copy
of the plans.
PS 616
616. 38-39 (C)
1/19/04
9:52 PM
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