PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-648
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 648
NOVEMBER 2006
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rACK LEG aUICK.RELEASE PINS AND MAKE SURE
THE rACK IS SECUREDQ `UICK.RELEASE PINS IN
^AD SHAPE CAN VI^RATE OUT DURING TRAVEL,
]HICH LETS THE rACK LEG DROPQ 4HIS CAN
DAMAGE THE rACK LEG AND THE !4' PEDESTAL
MOUNTING POINTQ [OUR DEPOT SUPPORT vXES
^AD aUICK RELEASE PINSQ 9RDER A NE] aUICK.
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\EVER PUT YOUR .8> ON THE ROAD UNTIL YOU(VE
CHECKED FOR AND vXED A LOOSE COUPLERQ
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MOUNTING ^RACKET CAN ^E SECURED IN THE
ERECTED AND STO]ED POSITIONS ]ITH THE
aUICK.RELEASE PINS INSTALLED IN THE DRA]^AR
COUPLERQ *F THE ^RACKET OR FRONT TO]ING
FRAME IS ^ENT, THE aUICK.RELEASE PINS ]ON(T
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x -AKE SURE THE SERVICE AND EMERGENCY
AIR ^RAKE LINES ARE CONNECTED AND MARKED
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COLOR, ]HICH LED TO THE ^RAKE LINES ^EING
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