TM 9-2350-261-10CHAPTER 3MAINTENANCE OF CARRIERSection I. TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTBASIC ISSUE ITEMSTools and equipment that you need to use when you drive or maintain your carrierare listed in Appendix B. These items are issued with the earner, and they must beturned in with the earner. Keep them on your carrier all the time. You can’t takeproper care of the carrier without the basic issue items, so keep them all clean and ingood shape. Don’t use the tools for jobs they are not designed to do. You won’t getthe job done right, and you could break the tools.EXPENDABLE/CONSUMABLE MAINTENANCE SUPPLIESSupplies that you need to take care of your earner are listed in Appendix D. Thesesupplies are items that you normally will use up or wear out when you use them.Maintenance supplies work for you. Try to get the most out of them.Section II. LUBRICATIONSERVICE INTERVALS — NORMAL CONDITIONSFor safer, more trouble-free operation, see to it that your carrier is service when itneeds it. For the proper lubricant and service intervals, see LO 9-2350-261-12.SERVICE INTERVALS — UNUSUAL CONDITIONSYour carrier will often need extra service and care when you operate under unusualconditions. High or low temperatures, long periods of hard use, continued use insand, water, mud, or snow, will breakdown the lubricant. Then you have to add orchange lubricant more often. But during periods when the earner isn’t used, theservice intervals can be stretched out.3-1
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