PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-725
PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly
ISSUE 725
APRIL 2013
22
PS 725
APR 13
23
PS 725
M
echanics, as the Army goes green, you’ll hear lots about environmentally-safe cleaning
compounds for use on Army aircraft.
For instance, if you come across a green cleaner called NAVSOLVE
®
, put out by the DLA
headshed as an approved cleaner, you need to hold your horses before using it on aircraft.
The definitive word for NAVSOLVE
®
use on aircraft, including UAVs, is NO-GO for now!
Consider the cleaner off limits until you either get an aviation maintenance information
message (AMIM) or TM updates that add the NSNs.
Don’t confuse Army green products with commercial products like Simple Green
®
.
Simple Green has never been approved by the Army and should never be used to clean
aircraft.
Cleaners for aircraft are those listed in TM 1-1500-344-23,
Cleaning And Corrosion
Control
, the -23 maintenance manuals and cleaners otherwise approved by the Army
specifically for aviation.
If you have questions about the DLA-approved cleaner NAVSOLVE
®
for Army Aircraft,
contact your local logistics engineer. Also, if you have questions or concerns about this
or any other environmentally friendly alternative, you can contact the AMCOM G-4
Environmental Hotline at
usarmy.amcom-environmental@mail.mil
or call (256) 313-1711.
Dear Editor,
When we remove or install the Black Hawk’s tail rotor drive shaft, gear
box flange or the seal, our knuckles and components take a beating.
The TM procedure
Tail Gear Box Input Seal, Plug Seal and Flange
requires us to use a torque reactor and a special socket. That’s it! The
problem is, it doesn’t work very well. When performing the task, we end up
damaging multiple components and busting our knuckles. That’s because the
socket slips off the nut and damages the gear box and drive shaft. This
procedure applies along the entire tail rotor driveline, including the oil cooler,
the intermediate gearbox and the tail rotor drive shaft.
All Aircraft…
GET THE WORD ON GREEN CLEANERS
UH/HH-60M…
Avoid Busted Knuckles
and
Component Damage!
did you hear
about this
new
green cleaner
called navsolve?
yeaH!
I hear
that stuff might
do wonders on
cleaning our
aircraft!
man, I’m tired
of
busting
my
knuckles trying
to replace the
flange!
I know
how you
feel!
you should seE
my
knuckles!
good news,
soldiers!
there’s a
tool in this
issue of
ps
that will
save
your knuckles
and aircraft
components
from damage!
the word
on navsolve
is
no-gO!
you
can’t
use it or
simple
green!
hold
up there,
soldiers!
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3/6/13
11:00 AM
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