TM-9-2350-256-10

RECOVERY VEHICLE, FULL TRACKED: MEDIUM, M88A1

OPERATOR'S MANUAL

OCTOBER 2014

TM-9-2350-256-10 - Page 557 of 796

Table 1.

Operator Preventive Maintenance Checks and Services (PMCS) – After - Continued.

ITEM

NO.

INTERVAL

ITEM TO BE

CHECKED OR

SERVICED

PROCEDURE

EQUIPMENT

NOT READY/

AVAILABLE IF:

24

AFTER

Torsion Bars for

Roadwheels

1. Check roadwheel arm positions 1 and 6 for tilt of

vehicle or lifting of roadwheel and track off ground.

Tilting of the vehicle or lifted roadwheel/track may be

an indicator of a broken torsion bar.

Torsion bars at

roadwheels 1 and/or 6

broken or missing.

2. Use tanker bar to pry up on roadwheels to test

torsion bars at roadwheel arm positions 2 through 5. If

roadwheel cannot be lifted, torsion bar is good. If

roadwheel can be lifted, the torsion bar may be broken.

Any two torsion bars

in a row are broken or

missing at roadwheels

2 through 5.

Figure 17.

Torsion Bar.

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