LAUNCH FRAME - LOWER WINCH ROPE

TM 5-5420-279-23

LAUNCH FRAME - LOWER WINCH ROPE

This task covers:

a. Inspect

b. Remove

c. Install

INITIAL SETUP:

Personnel Required

Tools Required

Tool Kit, General Mechanic's,

Three

Automotive (GMTK)

Ladder/access platform

Equipment Conditions

Fall arrest (safety) harness

Leather Gloves/Gauntlets

A-Frame deployed in lowered position

Pulley fixed to heavy object (e.g. vehicle

Forward Launch Beam in launcher

tow hook)

Far and Home Bank Carriages locked

Lightweight fiber rope 8mm to 10mm

to Launcher Frame

diameter

Roll of 3-inch wide duct tape

Materials Required

None

WARNING

FALL INJURY WHEN WORKING AT HEIGHT, THIS OPERATION IS CARRIED OUT

AT HEIGHTS UP TO 20FT (6M) THE RELEVANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS MUST BE

OBSERVED.

PERSONAL INJURY. PERSONNEL ARE TO WEAR PERSONAL PROTECTIVE

EQUIPMENT (GLOVES) WHEN HANDLING CABLES.

Inspect

(1)

For inspection of the winch rope see maintenance procedure 5-033.

Remove

(1)

Following withdrawal of the forward carriage lower pulley block shoot bolts (4), operate the

lower winch (10) to lower the far bank carriage lower pulley block (5).

(2)

Support the weight of the lower pulley block (5) on a suitable cradle.

(3)

Remove the rope guide in the far bank carriage lower pulley block, closest to the home

bank carriage, by removing 2 cap head screws. See unit maintenance procedure 5-068.

This permits the eye end on the rope (2) to pass through.