TM 55-4920-217-15
CHAPTER 6
MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS (SECOND ECHELON)
Section I. SPECIAL ORGANIZATIONAL TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT
for maintenance of individual items of equipment are
83. General
listed in the technical manual for the item.
84. Parts
No special tools or equipment are required by
second echelon maintenance personnel to maintain the
Parts required by second echelon maintenance of
shop as a unit. Any special tools or equipment required
the shop are listed in Chapters 8 and 9.
Section II. LUBRICATION
equipment and are illustrated in technical manual for the
85. General
item.
This section provides second echelon maintenance
86. Special Lubrication Instructions
personnel with lubricating instructions for the shop.
Lubrication orders, listing lubricants by type required for
Refer to paragraphs 6 and 7, 29 through 34, 68
each application, are prepared for each item of
procedures for the shop.
Section III. PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE SERVICE
The first column headed "Item inspected" is provided for
87. General
the information of the personnel performing the
inspection. A listing in this column indicates that an
Preventive
maintenance
is
performed
by
inspection should be made of a list of items in
organizational maintenance personnel at weekly and
accordance with the instructions given in the text
monthly intervals. The weekly intervals will be equivalent
opposite. The indicated item and instructions constitute
to a maximum of 60 hours of use. The monthly intervals
minimum inspection requirements for the equipment.
will be equivalent to 4 weeks or a maximum of 240 hours
of use, whichever occurs first.
The preventive
88.
Weekly and Monthly Preventive Maintenance
maintenance services to be performed at these regular
Service
intervals are listed and described in this section. The
maintenance function appearing in the column opposite
each service referred to in tables II, III, and IV indicates
The services listed in tables II, III, and IV
that a report of the service should be made at the interval
requirements and will be performed in accordance with
shown. These maintenance functions appear in the
the instructions therein.
second column and the interval at which the service is to
be performed, appears in the fourth and fifth columns.
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