TM 9-2350-261-34
REPAIR TRIM VANE AND HULL SIDE FLOTATION PODS
DESCRIPTION
This task covers:
Inspect (page 8-22).
Repair (page 8-24).
INITIAL SETUP
Tools:
Personnel Required
Metal Worker’s Tool Kit (Item 61, App B)
Metal Worker 44B10
Electrical Disc Sander (Item 77, App B)
Reference*
Materials/Parts
See your -20
Metal dent filler (Item 30, App C)
Plastic molding material (Item 62, App C)
Equipment Conditions:
Trim vane or hull side flotation pods removed
from carrier (see your -20)
INSPECT
NOTE
Hull side flotation pods (items 3 and 4)
WARNING
M741A1 only.
Polyurethane foam tends to
expand with heat and age.
1. Place flotation pods (1, 2, 3, and 4) on a flat
This post expansion can
surface. Visually inspect pods for punctures,
cause flotation pods to
cracks, deformation and bulging of metal
shell, and for damage or deterioration of
from pod. This condition
polyurethane foam filling. Also, look for post
could cause the pod(s) to crack and break
expanded foam.
away during water operation. If pod(s)
break away during water operation, car-
rier may sink and soldiers could be killed.
It is very important to inspect for post
expanded foam and trim off any excess
that causes pod(s) to bulge when installed
on earner.
W A R N I NG
T h e e a r n e r c a n s i n k if
excessive amount of flota-
tion foam is missing from
pod(s). Soldiers could be
killed.
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