PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-710

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 710

JANUARY 2012
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H
aving trouble getting your Bradley to shift into gear, drivers? Could be you haven’t
completely released the hand brake.
Releasing the hand brake for the TEC
transmission may seem simple, but
leave out a step and you’re going
nowhere fast. After all, the hand brake
and gear selector are interlocked. That
means if the hand brake isn’t released,
the gear selector won’t move.
Release the hand brake like this:
1.±
Press down and hold the
brake pedal.
2.±
Twist the knob on the hand
brake handle and lift up.
3.±
Slide the handle
all the way
forward
and down into the slot.
Step 3 is where the problem lies. If
you don’t slide the handle all the way
forward and down, the brake is still
applied and the gear selector won’t
move.
So if you’ve got a stuck gear selector,
make the hand brake your Frst check.
Dear Half-Mast,
Recently, we’ve received
reports that some Stryker
brake drums are having to be
replaced because of stripped
jack bolt holes. Jack bolts
are used to help remove the
drum during PMCS inspection
when it’s stuck in place.
One possibility for the
stripped holes is that
technicians may be trying to
remove the drum without first
releasing the brake shoes.
The brake drum replacement
procedures in the IETM are
being revised to make this
requirement a little more clear.
Until that happens, can
you remind them that the
brake shoes should always
be released before trying to
remove the brake drum?
Dan Cottone
Stryker Logistics
Management Specialist
TACOM
Put a STOP
to Brake
Drum
Stripping!
M113-, M1059-Series FOV Compartment Cover Gasket NSN
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with±NSN±5330-01-573-4626±(PN±10865503R09).±NSN±5330-00-781-8065±is±a±terminal±item.±
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9-2350-277-24P±(Oct±03,±w/Ch±4,±Oct±09).
Slide handle all
the way forward
and down to
release brake
M2/M3-Series±Bradley…
Stryker…
Consider
them
reminded,
Dan!
Mechanics, if
you’ve noticed
other
reasons
why the jack
bolt holes
are being
stripped…
…send an email to
daniel.cottone.civ@
mail.mil
Removing drum without releasing
brake pads could strip jack bolt holes
C’mon!
we nEed
to
Get
Going!
the gear
selector
Won’t
move!!
I’m
Trying!
Handle left
short will
not
release
brake
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