Appendix B. MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION - TM-11-5820-918-130195

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APPENDIX B

MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION

Section I.

INTRODUCTION

B-1.

General

This appendix provides a summary of the maintenance operations for the

T-1373/TRQ-35(V). It authorizes categories of maintenance for specific main-

tenance functions on repairable items and components and the tools and equip-

ment required to perform each function. This appendix may be used as an aid

in planning maintenance operations.

B-2.

Maintenance Function

Maintenance functions will be limited to and defined as follows:

a. Inspect. To determine the serviceability of an item by comparing its

physical, mechanical, and/or electrical characteristics with established

standards through examination.

Test.

To verify serviceability and to detect incipient failure by

measuring the mechanical or electrical characteristics of an item and comparing

those characteristics with prescribed standards.

c. Service. Operations required periodically to keep an item in proper

operating condition, i.e., to clean (decontaminate), to preserve, to drain,

to paint, or to replenish fuel, lubricants, hydraulic fluids, or compressed

air supplies.

d. Adjust. To maintain, within prescribed limits, by bringing into proper

or exact position, or by setting the operating characteristics to the

specified parameters.

e . Align. To adjust specified variable elements of an item to bring about

optimum or desired performance.

f. Calibrate. To determine and cause corrections to be made or to be

adjusted on instruments or test measuring and diagnostic equipments used in

precision measurement. Consists of comparisons of two instruments, one of

which is a certified standard of known accuracy, to detect and adjust any

discrepancy in the accuracy of the instrument being compared.

g. Install. The act of emplacing, seating, or fixing into position an

item, part, module (component or assembly) in a manner to allow the proper

functioning of the equipment or system.

h. Replace. The act of substituting a serviceable like type part, sub-

assembly, or module (component or assembly) for an unserviceable counterpart.