PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-702
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 702
MAY 2011
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rivers, when you raise the ramp on your Stryker, anything that’s in the way is gonna get
crunched for sure.
Take the recovery lug shackles on the back of the vehicle, for example. If you’ve got
the retaining nut and cotter pin installed on the wrong side of the shackle, there’s a loud
CRUNCH
in your future.
With the hardware on the ramp side of each shackle, the ramp could hit them as it’s
raised or lowered.
Prevent that damage by making sure the retaining nut and cotter pin are installed on
the outside of the shackle, facing away from the ramp. Then double-check the shackle
hardware as part of your before-operation PMCS.
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rivers, if your Bradley has the newer style of add-on belly armor, there are a few
precautions to take.
The new style armor has wedge-shaped extensions at each front corner. The older
armor doesn’t have the extensions.
As
you
move
cross-
country,
the
extensions
can catch rocks and dirt
that get wedged between
the hull and the belly plate.
The faster you travel, the
more likely you are to pick
up debris.
If
enough
stuff
gets
wedged in there, it can
bend the belly plate and
even snap or strip the bolts
holding it in place.
So, when you’re in the feld, don’t move cross-country any Faster than you have
to. And when the mission is fnished, take a Few minutes to clean out anything that’s
gotten wedged between the hull and belly plate.
StoP
Crunched
Shackles!
Stryker…
Crunched
Shackles!
Put
a
StoP
to
M2/M3-Series Bradleys…
Put a Stop to
Bellyaches
Move hardware to outside of shackle…
…or ramp may crunch it when closing
Dirt and rocks get wedged between hull and belly plate
mmmm!
these
shackles
are nice and
crunchy!
hey,
take
it
easy!
you’re giving me a
belly plate ache!
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