PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-676
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 676
MARCH 2009
Outsole
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PS 676
MAR 09
Your boots come with a replaceable
rubber lug outsole. Don’t wear out the
boots past the outsole into the softer
midsole cushion. You could end up
damaging your boots and injuring
your feet. When the outsole wears out,
replace the boots.
Outsole worn
out? Replace
boots
when your
outsole
wears out,
replace
the boots!
Lightweight
Head Wrap
Need some light headgear to block
the sun and sand? Try a Recon Wrap
made by Spec-Ops®. The lightweight
microfber wrap can be worn in
hot and cold weather. Use it as a
sweatband, balaclava, neck gaiter,
helmet liner, Face cover, goggle cover
or dust flter. The wrap is not in the
Army inventory. But it is on a GSA
schedule. Go to the GSA Advantage
website:
Once you get to the home page,
do a search on the Following part
numbers:
HEMTT/PLS/HET Headlight Adjustment
The current headlight adjustment procedure in your HEMTT, PLS and HET maintenance
manuals could leave the headlights aimed incorrectly. But TACOM MAM 08-050 outlines a
new procedure to fx that problem. IF you haven’t eyeballed this MAM yet, view it online using
this link:
Part
number
Color/
pattern
Black
Coyote
brown
Digital
camouflage
100010101
100010111
100010113
UH-60 Tail Rotor
Blade Correction
On page 38 of PS 672 (Nov 08), the
text and the balloons read “leading
edge cracks.” That’s not correct. It
should read, “trailing edge cracks.”
HMMWV RECAP
Parts
Update
In September 08, the HMMWV RECAP program
started using the 4L80E 4-speed transmission
and 6.5 NA engine. This change aFFects M1025R1
HMMWVs with serial numbers in the 560,000
series and M1097R1 HMMWVs with serial
numbers in the 570,000, 670,000 and 770,000
series. TACOM LCMC is including an overpack list
with each vehicle listing its unique parts. Keep
the overpack list handy.
You can also fnd the
list in the HMMWV RECAP Folder in the PM LTV
Public Access Knowledge Center on AKO:
MRAP MAC Chart
The commercial off-the-shelf manuals for GDLS-C and RG31A2 MRAP vehicles do not include
the maintenance allocation chart.
You can get a copy of the chart online:
Refrigeration Kit
Updated
A supplement has been added to the
Army’s reFrigeration kit, NSN 5180-00-
596-1474, that lets repairmen work with
reFrigerants R404a, R407a, and R410a.
The supplement, NSN 5180-01-561-6082,
has been added to component list 5180-
95-N18.
The supplement was specifcally
created For the mobile integrated
remains collections system and the multi-
temp reFrigerated container system, but
it can be used For other systems that use
these reFrigerants.
M113A3 FOV Idler Arm Roller Bearing
Use NSN 3110-00-100-5328 (PN 28584-28521, CAGE 60038) to get a new idler arm roller bearing
For your M113A3 ±OV.
NSN 3110-01-516-0687, which is shown as Item 12 in ±ig 165 oF TM 9-
2350-277-24P (Oct 03), is no longer available.
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