PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-723

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 723

FEBRUARY 2013
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-723 - Page 13 of 33
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M
echanics, there’s a right way and a wrong way to remove the tow bar from your
aircraft.
For the Apache A and D models and the Chinook, simply follow the IETM
and TM procedures for removal and installation. If your TM does not have the
procedure for disconnecting the tow bar from your aircraft, here’s the rule of thumb:
We have the best equipment in the world and it’s up to you to take care of it. Start
by putting your hands on the tow bar to remove it from the tow vehicle and then from
the aircraft. And keep your feet on the ground!
Any residual load or pressure not removed by disconnecting
the tow bar from the tow vehicle ±rst means you add unnecessary
and excessive force to disconnect the tow bar from the aircraft.
This causes excessive wear and tear to the aircraft’s copper alloy
bushings that are used on the tow points. Kicking the tow bar loose
could also cause it to land on your foot!
Ouch!
S
napping into your primary survival gear carrier (PSGC), NSN 8415-01-513-8143,
is hard to do when you can’t ±nd replacement snaps for the pockets.
If you have defective snaps on your PSGC carrier pockets and there’s no stock on
hand, you can order them.
The snaps you need can be found in the Expendable and Durable Items List in
TM 1-1680-377-13&P-1. Check out WP 0137 00-1, items 23-30. Although the TM
lists the snaps by part number, cross referencing each one in FED LOG, will get the
NSNs you need.
Part number
NSN 5325-
MS27980-4B
MS27980-5B
MS27980-6B
MS27980-8B
MS27983-1
MS27983-2
MS27983-3
MS27983-4
00-350-9035
01-112-8744
00-285-6250
01-023-3843
00-891-9073
00-893-6243
00-276-4908
00-276-4978
UH-60/AH-64/CH-47 Series…
No Half
Steppin’
and
No
Kickin’!
Air Warrior…
Snap Into Your PSGC
if you need to
replace
defective
snaps on the
carrier pockets,
follow the
good words in
WP 0094 01 of
TM 1-1680-3
77
-
13&P.
Here are the
NSNs to
speed up
the process…
if I gotta
get you
loOse, I might
as well have
fun doing it!
hey!
you
can’t just
go kicking
everything
you see!
Follow the tow bar
connection steps in the TM in
reverse
order, which means
you would disconnect the
tow bar from the tow vehicle
first, and then from the tail
wheel axle tow points.
Half-steppin’ On the
job to save some
time by kickin’ the tow
bar loose from the
aircraft without first
disconnecting it from
the tow vehicle is the
wrong way.
My snaps
are all
screwed
up!
I’ll fix your vest right
up. This PS issue has the
NSNs for the snaps.
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