TM-9-2350-277-10

CARRIER, M113A3, M577A3, M1059A3, M1064A3, M1068A3 AND M58

TECHNICAL MANUAL; OPERATOR’S MANUAL

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TM 9-2350-277-10

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES — Continued

0090 00

ITEM

NO.

INTERVAL

MAN-

HOUR

ITEM TO BE

CHECKED OR

SERVICED

CREWMEMBER

PROCEDURE

EQUIPMENT

NOT READY/

AVAILABLE

IF:

WARNING

Failure to perform track PMCS and

not repair or report to maintenance

per technical manual procedures can

allow you to operate the vehicle with

defective track parts that could cause

track failure and loss of vehicle control.

Soldiers can be killed or injured.

Never operate a vehicle without

performing the BEFORE mission

PMCS track tension adjustment and

track inspection per PMCS procedures

in the technical manual. Repair or

report problems to maintenance per

technical manual instructions as

outlined in PMCS.

NOTE

Move carrier one track length to

inspect entire track.

a.

Check for any broken track shoes (cracked

or broken shoe body) bent, broken, or

missing center guides, chunked or missing

road wheel path. If one or more track shoes

or three or more center guides in a row are

broken, notify unit maintenance.

One or more

broken track

shoes. Three

or more broken

center guides

in a row.

b.

Check center guide wear. Use track wear

gauge (WP 0102 00, Item 24A). If three or

more center guides in a row show excessive

wear, notify unit maintenance.

Three or more

center guides

in a row show

excessive

wear.

0090 00-12

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