Track and Wheels

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.