TM-5-2330-378-14-P
SEMITRAILER, LOWBED: 40 TON CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTER M870 AND M870A1
TECHNICAL MANUAL; OPERATOR'S, UNIT, DIRECT SUPPORT AND GENERAL SUPPORT MAINTENANCE MANUAL (INCLUDING REPAIR PARTS AND SPECIAL TOOLS LIST)
JUNE 1999
TM-5-2330-378-14-P - Page 329 of 524
TM5-2330-378-14&P
APPENDIXB
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION CHART
Section I. INTRODUCTION
Paragraph
Page
Number
Paragraph Title
Number
B-1 General
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B-1
B-2
Maintenance
Functions .
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B-1
B-3
Explanation
of Columns
in Section 11,Maintenance
Allocation Chart for Semitrailer,
Lowbed: M870 and M870Al
.......................................................................................................
B-2
B-4
Explanation
of Columns in Section III, Tool and Test Equipment
Requirements
........................
B-3
B-5
Explanation
of Columns in Section IV, Remarks
.........................................................................
B-3
B-1.
GENERAL.
Appendix
B consists of three sections:
a.
Section
I provides a general explanation of all maintenance and repair functions authorized
at the various
maintenance
levels.
b.
Section
II, the maintenance
allocation chart (MAC), designates overall authority and responsibility
for the
performance of maintenance functions on the identified end item or component. The application of the
maintenance functionstothe
end item orcomponentwill
be consistentwith
the capacities and capabilities of
the designated
maintenance
levels.
c.
Section III lists the tools and test equipment (both special tools and common tool sets) required for each
maintenance
function as referenced
from Section II.
B-2.
MAINTENANCE FUNCTIONS.
Maintenance
functions
are limited to and defined as follows:
a.
Inspect.
To determine
the serviceability
of an item by comparing
its physical,
mechanical,
and/or
electrical
characteristics
with established
standards through examination (e.g., by sight, sound, or feel).
b.
Test. To verity serviceability
by measuring the mechanical,
pneumatic, hydraulic, orelectrical
characteristics
of an item and comparing
those characteristics
with prescribed
standards.
C.
Service.
To keep
an item
in proper
operating
condition
by periodically
cleaning
(including
decontaminating,
when required), preserving, draining, painting, or replenishing fuel, lubricants, chemical fluids, or gases.
d.
Adjust.
To maintain or regulate, within prescribed limits, by bringing into proper or exact position or by setting
the operating
characteristics
to specified parameters.
e.
Align.
To adjust
specified
variable
elements
of an item to bring about
optimum
or desired
performance.
f.
Calibrate.
To determine the accuracy of and cause corrections or adjustments to be made on instruments
or test, measuring, and diagnostic equipment (TMDE) used in precision measurement.
Calibration consists
of comparisons
of two instruments,
one of which is a certified standard of known accuracy, to detect and adjust
any discrepancy
in the accuracy of the instrument
being compared.
B-1
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