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PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES -- Continued
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WARNINGS AND CAUTIONS
Always observe the WARNINGs and CAUTIONs appearing in your PMCS table BEFORE, DURING, and AFTER
you operate the equipment. The WARNINGs and CAUTIONs appear before certain procedures. You must observe these
WARNINGs and CAUTIONs to prevent serious injury to yourself and others or to prevent your equipment from being
damaged.
EXPLANATION OF TABLE ENTRIES
Item Number Column -- Numbers in this column are for reference. When completing DA Form 2404 (Equipment
Inspection and Maintenance Worksheet), include the item number for the check/service indicating a fault. Item numbers also
appear in the order that you must do checks and services for the intervals listed.
Interval Column -- This column tells you when you must do the procedure in the PROCEDURE column.
BEFORE procedures must be performed prior to the equipment leaving its containment area or performing its mission.
DURING checks are performed by the track commander/driver/gunner per the PMCS table to monitor and identify
faults in equipment performance during the mission.
AFTER procedures are performed per the PMCS table at the conclusion of the mission to identify and correct faults
which will preclude the next mission.
WEEKLY procedures are performed once each week. WEEKLY as well as BEFORE PMCS procedures must be
performed if:
You are the assigned crewmember and have not operated the carrier since the last WEEKLY.
You are operating the carrier for the first time.
When a check or service procedure is required for both WEEKLY and BEFORE intervals, it is not necessary to
do the procedure twice.
MONTHLY procedures are performed each month.
SEMI-ANNUALLY procedures are performed every six months or every 1500 miles.
Man-hour Column -- Man-hours required to complete all prescribed lubrication are shown to the nearest tenth of an hour.
Item To Be Checked or Serviced Column -- This column lists the item to be checked or serviced.
Crewmember/Procedure Column -- This column gives the procedure you must do to check or service the item listed in the
ITEM TO BE CHECKED OR SERVICED column to know if the equipment is ready or available for its intended mission or
for operation. You must do the procedure at the time stated in the INTERVAL column. Carefully follow these instructions. If
you do not have the tools, or if the procedure tells you to, have unit maintenance do the work.
Equipment Not Ready/Available If: Column -- Information in this column tells you what faults will keep your equipment
from being capable of performing its primary mission. If a check/service finds faults listed in this column, do not operate the
equipment. Follow standard operating procedures for maintaining the equipment or reporting equipment failure.
If you find something wrong when performing PMCS, fix it if you can by using Troubleshooting Procedures (WP 0089 00) or
maintenance procedures. Notify unit maintenance if you can't fix it.
PMCS GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
Tools/Materials
When you do your PMCS, take along the tools you will need to make all the checks. You will always need wiping rags.
Basic Issue Items
Tools and equipment that you need to use when you drive or maintain your carrier are listed in WP 0102 00. These items are
issued with the carrier, and they must be turned in with the carrier. Keep them on your carrier at all times. You can't take
proper care of the carrier without the basic issue items, so keep them clean and in good shape. Don't use the tools for jobs
they are not designed to do. You won't get the job done right, and you could break the tools.
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