1
Rivet
6
Hose
11
Rubber gasket
2
Plain washer
7
Hose adapter
12
Drive screw
3
Screen assembly
8
Drive screw
13
Connector
4
Cover assembly
9
Locking coupling
14
Hose adapter
5
Hose clamp
10
Locking coupling tube
15
Hose clamp
16
Hose
Figure 8-Continued.
(2) Straighten dents in cover assembly.
compound from hose adapter (7) and
Replace loose rivets.
Replace cover
locking coupling tube (10).
assembly if screen is damaged.
(2)
Inspect hose (6) for chafing or tearing.
Check helical spring wire for breaks or
loose scuff strips and stitching.
d. Assembly.
(3)
Inspect hose clamps (5) for cracks or
(1) Install one hose clamp (5) over end of
distortion.
hose (6) and insert hose adapter (7) in
(4)
Check to see if slots in locking coupling
hose. Tighten hose clamp.
are broken or worn excessively.
(2) Apply gasket sealing compound, type II,
(5)
Inspect cover assembly (4) for dents,
Specification MIL-S-45180 to mating
cracks, or loose rivets. Check screen in
surfaces of hose adapter (7) and locking
cover for torn wire mesh.
coupling tube (10). Slide locking coupling
(9) over locking coupling tube with slots in
coupling facing flange of tube. Insert tube
c. Repair.
in hose adapter and secure with four drive
(1) Remove nicks or burrs from locking
screws (8).
coupling and tube with a file and
(3) Install hose clamp (5) over other end of
aluminum oxide abrasive cloth. Use a
hose (6) and insert cover assembly (4) in
round file and deepen slots in locking
hose. Tighten hose clamp.
coupling until the coupling locks securely
to a mating adapter.
Section IV. AIR OUTLET HOSE ASSEMBLY
assembly from hose adapter, drill through
19. Description and Function
and remove rivet heads; drive out rivets
The air outlet hose assembly (fig. 8) consists of a
(1).
helical spring wire stiffened nylon hose with a wire
screen on one end and a connector on the other end. A
(2) Remove four drive screws (12) and
hose adapter is secured to each end of the hose with a
separate connector (13) from hose
hose clamp. The screen is riveted to one hose adapter
adapter (14).
and the connector is secured to the other hose adapter
(3) Loosen other hose clamp (15) and
with four drive screws. The function of the air outlet
remove hose adapter (14) from hose (16).
hose assembly is described in TM 3-4240-241-12.
b. Cleaning and Inspection.
20. Maintenance
(1) Clean metal parts with drycleaning
solvent. Wipe hose clean with a dry rag
General support maintenance personnel are
or a rag slightly moistened with solvent.
authorized to replace the screen assembly, connector,
Remove old gasket sealing compound
hose adapter and attaching hardware.
from connector (13) and hose adapter
(14).
a. Disassembly.
(2) Inspect hose (16) for chafing or tearing.
(1) Loosen hose clamp (15) and remove
Check helical spring wire for breaks or
screen assembly (3) with hose adapter
loose scuff strips and stitching.
(14) from hose (16). To remove screen
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