TM 9-2320-260-34-1
3-33. FRONT GEAR COVER MAINTENANCE (Contd)
3.
Inspect sleeve bearing (16) for wear, breaks, cracks, and distortions. Replace sleeve bearing (16) if
worn, broken, cracked, or distorted.
4.
Inspect front gear cover (8) for warpage, breaks, cracks, and stripped threads in tapped holes.
Replace front gear cover (8) if warped, broken, cracked, or threads are stripped.
5.
Inspect bores (14) and (25) in front gear cover (8) for smoothness and out-of-roundness. Replace
front gear cover (8) if bores (14) and (25) are rough or out-of-round.
6.
Inspect sleeve bushing (23) for breaks, cracks, distortion, or excessive wear. Replace sleeve
bushing (23) if broken, cracked, distorted, or excessively worn.
Inspect camshaft cover (19) for deep scores, scratches, cracks, breaks, or excessive wear. Replace
7.
camshaft cover (19) if deeply scored, scratched, cracked, broken, or excessively worn.
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