PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-715

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 715

JUNE 2012
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-715 - Page 22 of 33
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PS 715
JUN 12
± Be±gentle±
with±gages.
If you’re
rough with
gages, soon
they’ll be too
banged-up
to do their
jobs. Don’t
force gages.
± Clean± and± lube± gages.±
A dirty or rusty
gage won’t give an accurate reading. Clean
gages at least quarterly with the same dry
cleaning solvent you use on weapons. Then
give them a light coat of CLP.
± Protect±gages±during±storage.±
If you
leave gages lying around or crammed
in a toolbox, they will either disappear
or be damaged. Store gages separately
from tools. Keep them in a box with
foam padding that has an area cut out
for each gage. A good storage case
comes with NSN 6760-01-519-0711.
± Keep±gages±calibrated.±
TB 43-180, which governs gages, says they must be calibrated
every 360 days. (Air Force personnel can find the same information in TO 33K-1-100-2.) Keep
copies of DA Form 3023, the calibration record, stored in a safe place so you can prove your
gages were calibrated.
S
ince 2007, the HIMARS’ W529 cable assembly has failed 38 times. Half those
failures were in 2011. The W529 is failing because crews fail to install its cover.
The W529 cable connector has a
cover that should always be installed
except when the SNVT test is being run
or when the W19P2 cable is stowed.
When the test is over, the cover needs
to be put right back on and left there.
Without the cover, the connec-tor
has no protection against moisture
or
backblast
from
rockets
Fring.
Corrosion eats away at the connector’s
pins and soon there’s no electrical
connection.
So do your HIMARS a favor and use the W529 cover. And check for the cover
during your weekly PMCS. Order a new one through your Lockheed Martin rep
with P/N MS27502B17N if it’s missing.
Keep
cover on
except
when
doing
SNVT
testing
or when
W19P2
cable is
stowed
A
gage±that’s±no±longer±accurate±is±about±as±useful±as±a±bore±brush±that±has±no±bristles.±
If±your±gages±are±going±to±keep±your±unit’s±rifles,±pistols±and±machine±guns±accurate,±then±
you±need±to±be±accurate±with±their±PM.
Stops
Small±Arms…
PM Keeps Gages Accurate
HIMARS…
Cover
Stops
Cable Failure
if you have any gage
questions, contact TACOM’s
Kevin Acel at DSN
7
86-12
7
3,
(586) 282-12
7
3, email:
kevin.p.acel.civ@mail.mil
Hold ON,
BuDdy!
you
forgot
to
put thE cover
back on my W529
connector!!
or Eugene Meade, DSN
7
86-12
77
,
(586) 282-12
77
, email:
eugene.v.meade2.civ@mail.mil
I don’t think
we betTer
counT ON THis
GAge For ANY
ACcuracy!
what?
why’d you
wake me up?
I was
sound
asleep!
someboDY
FORGoT
GAgeS
NeED PM, tOo!
Use us
like the
TMs tell
you to!
I think
that’s an
8,
but maybe
it’s a
B.
I really
think I
nEed to be
Cleaned!
ahhh…
now
that’s
what I’m
talkin’
about!
715 40-41.indd
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4/20/12
10:50 AM
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