PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-617
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 617
APRIL 2004
PS 617
APR 04
14
Get the right commo cable to the
right connector receptacle.
If you
connect the cables wrong, commo is
jammed. Just remember the yellow-
banded cable connector goes to the
RCU connector receptacle with the
yellow stripe above it.
Tie off the cables to
the RCU brackets.
That
prevents
the
cables from being torn
at the connectors. But
even if you tie off the
cables, hold the cables
and the RCU handle in
the same hand as you
walk the RCU out to
position. That gives the
cables even more pro-
tection against jerks.
Take the cables out of the truck before you remove
the RCU.
That makes it easier to remove the RCU with-
out twisting and
jerking the cables.
As you walk the
RCU out to where
you will operate, try
not to jerk or twist
the cables. If they
get hung up, walk
back and free them.
Don't jerk them free.
Avenger Missile System…
Keeping Control Remotely
When you won't be operating the RCU again for at
least 30 minutes, put it and its cables back in the
truck.
If you leave cables lying on the ground, they can
be run over and ruined.
Keep lube away from the
auto slew.
If the auto slew is
hard to turn, it needs adjust-
ment, not lube. Lube gets
inside the RCU and causes
electrical problems. If the
slew won't turn or is so loose
it won't stay aligned, your
repairman needs to adjust it.
Check
for
yellow
stripe
Hold cables
and
handle
Tie
off
cable
Take cable
out before
you take
RCU out
Auto slew
turns too hard
or too easily?
oh, no!
there goes
my remote!
if only you’d
paid
attention!
no…
wait…
don’t—
{sob!}
that
didn’t
have
to happen!
Y
ou won't have even a remote chance of firing the Avenger if you don't protect the
cables for the remote control unit (RCU). Just a hard tug or a moment's carelessness
can ruin RCU cables. Here's how to control RCU damage:
Carefully line up the RCU commo cable connector and connector receptacle
guide lines before you lock them together.
If you don't, you destroy connector pins.
If a connector refuses
to turn, put a light coat
of silicone grease,
NSN
6850-00-880-
7616,
around
the
inside. If no grease is
handy, wet your finger
with saliva and run it
around the edge of the
RCU connector.
Grease inside of
cable connectors
Mate guide lines
617. 14-15 (C!)
2/27/04
5:16 PM
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