PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-681
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 681
AUGUST 2009
39
PS 681
AUG 09
R
epairers, your feet shouldn’t be on your Kiowa Warrior’s universal weapons pylon
(UWP), the ejector rack or the electrical harness.
When doing maintenance, use either a maintenance stand or your bird’s
maintenance step to go top-side. But keep those big feet away from the pylon, the
ejector rack and the electrical harness.
Dear
Sergeant Blade,
My unit has
some beat-up
aircraft hydraulic
bleeder and filler
units, NSN 4910-
00-245-1832,
lying around the
hangar in need of
repair. What can
we do with them
since there are no
repair procedures
in the TM?
SGT S.S.
Dear Sergeant S.S.,
No problem. Here’s what
you do with those ole’ units.
Turn them in and order
new ones. The maintenance
repair (MR) code is “Z”,
non-repairable/no repair
authorized. If you want
to know if an item is
repairable or not, check the
MR codes in FED LOG/
AMDF on NSNs.
Stepping on the ejector rack’s jettison
cable damages insulation and crushes
internal wires. Also, the force of your
weight can bend or damage the UWP and
knock out proper clearances between the
weapons and other parts of the airframe.
And now that your bird has a different
jettison rack, look for new repair procedures
in Para 4-87 of TM 9-1090-214-23&P and
TM 9-1095-212-23&P.
OH-58D…
Where
Do Your Feet Belong?
All Aircraft…
What Do
We Do
With the
Old Stu ?
Turn in old units and
order new ones
not this
time,
buddy!
get a
maintenance
stand
or use
the
step!
Use maintenance
step,
not
pylon,
ejector rack or
electrical harness
as a step
This area is not a step
Keep feet
OFF
we ’ve got a lot of these old
beat-up aircraft hydraulic
bleeder and filler units.
what should we
do with them?
turn
‘em in
and
order
new
ones.
A
crushed
electrical
harness
can prevent
ejection
of a failed
weapon
in an
emergency
or cause
premature
misfiring of
the ejector
rack.
if ejector
systems
fail to
work
properly
you and
your bird
are in
harm’s way.
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