PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-709
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 709
DECEMBER 2011
17
PS 709
DEC 11
TARPs in SWA
There is a fxed-site Tire Assembly Repair Program (TARP) in Camp AriFjan,
Kuwait. The Kuwait TARP currently repairs 61 diFFerent wheel assemblies. The TARP
also gets unserviceable wheel assemblies From the Retrograde yard at Camp AriFjan.
These are turn-ins From various supply support activities (SSAs) in Iraq and Kuwait.
The Kuwait TARP repairs the unserviceable wheel assemblies and returns them to
co-located SSAs For reissue. The TARP also repairs a Few wheel assemblies For drive-
thru customers who can’t remove or replace their own tires.
When ordering replacement wheel assemblies, turn in the unserviceable ones. IF the
wheels are not damaged, unserviceable wheel assemblies can be recovered, repaired
and returned to the supply system.
Other Repair Sites
Outside oF SWA, repair programs exist in the Following places:
West Virginia ANGB (Red House, WV); ±t Lewis, WA; ±t Hood, TX; ±t Sill, OK;
MAK Germany (Kaiserslautern); and MSC Korea (Camp Carroll).
These sites were opened to conForm with the two-level maintenance concept and
the DA G-4 policy to have units order wheel assemblies instead oF tires. Note that
not all wheel assemblies are repaired and some sites may repair only one type oF
wheel assembly.
±inally, there are fve mobile tire service centers that do repairs in AFghanistan.
They’re at Bagram, Kandahar, Sharana, Jalalabad, and Camp Leatherneck.
M
echanics, the CAUTION and NOTE from
WP 0022-5 in TM 9-2355-335-23-1 say it
takes 5 pounds of refrigerant to fully charge
the MRAP all terrain vehicle’s air conditioner
system. That’s
wrong!
Instead, 3½ pounds (1.59 kg) of
refrigerant is the full charge—no more!
Overcharging the system causes blown seals
and hose leaks.
If you have questions, contact your local
TACOM logistics assistance representative.
POCs for Assistance
Email your technical wheel assembly questions to A.J. GianFermi, TACOM
LCMC’s Tire Assembly Team equipment specialist:
anthony.j.gianfermi.civ@mail.mil
He can help you get a current list oF wheel assembly NSNs.
MRAP-ATV…
A/C System Charge Change
if your location
wasn’t
mentioned, contact a
TACOM senior command
representative (SCR)
or LAR for info on a
CONUS or OCONUS TARP
near you.
make a
note of
these
changes
until
they’re
added
to the
technical
manual.
Wheeled Vehicles…
Tire Assembly
Repair Program
Did you know that
tire assembly repair
sites exist in CONUS
and OCONUS?
They’re part of the
National Maintenance
Management Program.
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