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Full hubs are quite a sight!


Crewmen, checking the oil level in your Bradley's roadwheel, idler wheel and support roller roller, common name for brightly colored Old World birds noted for performing somersaults in flight. They include the rollers proper (subfamily Coraciinae) and ground rollers (subfamily Brachypteraciinae  hubs is a daily check. If one of those hubs goes dry, the bearings will burn up and the wheel will seize. That could throw the track.

It's an easy check. All you have to do is look for a completely full sight glass on each of the wheels.

"Course. you'll usually have to clean off the sight glass in order to check it. Just make sure you do it right or you might as well leave the dirt on.

That's because the wrong cleaning method scratches and clouds the sight glass surface. When that happens, you can't see the oil level even if the glass is clean.

Never use wire brushes wire brush nbrosse f métallique

wire brush wire nDrahtbürste f

wire brush n
, screwdrivers or knife blades to scrape See scraping.  away dirt or it's bye-bye sight glass. Instead, spray a little water on the glass to soften and loosen caked-on dirt. Then gently wipe (1) To completely erase data from memory or the hard disk. See file wipe.

(2) A digital video effect that places one image over another. Although there are a myriad varieties, the classic wipe is a scene transition where the next scene slides horizontally or
 it away with a clean cloth.

If the oil level is low, move the Bradley until one of the filler fill·er 1  
n.
One that fills, as:
a. Something added to augment weight or size or fill space.

b. A composition, especially a semisolid that hardens on drying, used to fill pores, cracks, or holes in wood, plaster,
 plugs is positioned at the top of the hub. Remove the filler plug and fill the hub with OE/HDO 15W-30 until it reaches the bottom of the filler hole.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
Date:Dec 1, 2006
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