TM 9-2350-238-10
Item
No.
31
2-38
Table 2-1. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE CHECKS AND SERVICES FOR THE
RECOVERY VEHICLE M578– CONTINUED
Interval
After
Item to
Check/Service
Track
and
Wheels
Change 2
Procedure
Not fully Mission
Capable if:
a.
b
Clean sprockets. Check road and
idler wheels, track tension, and
suspension system components for
looseness and damage, Check for
dead track shoes by looking for
metal-to-metal contact between
track pin nut and track shoe.
NOTE
Cracks are allowable
on the inside corners
of the two-bushing
side of track shoe, but
are not to exceed 3/4
in. (1.9 cm) in length.
Check all track shoes for miss-
ing pads or pads worn to grouser.
One or more track
shoes are dead on
each track. Any
shoe or pin broken,
distorted or cracked.
Any unserviceable
or missing road
wheel. Sprocket
cracked or has two
or more studs
broken.
