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Keeping control remotely.


You won't have even a remote chance of firing the Avenger if you don't protect the cables for the remote control unit (RCU RCU Read Copy Update
RCU Remote Control Unit
RCU Regional Coordinating Unit
RCU Radio Control Unit
RCU Remote Concentrator Unit
RCU Regional Cadet Unit (Australia)
RCU Radio Channel Unit
RCU Rate Construction Unit
). Just a hard tug or a moment's carelessness can ruin RCU cables. Here's how to control RCU damage:

Carefully line up the RCU commo cable connector and connector receptacle guide lines before you lock them together. If you don't, you destroy connector pins. If a connector refuses to turn, put a light coat of silicone grease Silicone grease is a waterproof grease made by combining a silicone oil with a thickener. Most commonly, the silicone oil is polydimethylsiloxane and the thickener is amorphous fumed silica. , NSN NSN National Stock Number
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 6850-00-880-7616, around the inside. If no grease is handy, wet your finger with saliva saliva

Thick, colourless fluid constantly present in the mouth, composed of water, mucus, proteins, mineral salts, and amylase, an enzyme that breaks down starches. One to two litres are produced daily by the salivary glands.
 and run it around the edge of the RCU connector.

Tie off the cables to the RCU brackets. That prevents the cables from being torn at the connectors. But even if you tie off the cables, hold the cables and the RCU handle in the same hand as you walk the RCU out to position. That gives the cables even more protection against jerks.

Keep lube away from the auto slew. If the auto slew is hard to turn, it needs adjustment, not lube. Lube gets inside the RCU and causes electrical problems. If the slew won't turn or is so loose it won't stay aligned, your repairman re·pair·man  
n.
A man whose occupation is making repairs.

Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things
maintenance man, service man
 needs to adjust it.

Take the cables out of the truck before you remove the RCU. That makes it easier to remove the RCU without twisting and jerking the cables. As you walk the RCU oat oat

member of the plant genus Avena in the family Poaceae.


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seed of Avena sativa, and as 'oats' the favored grain for the feeding of horses.
 to where you will operate, try not to jerk or twist the cables. If they get hung up, walk back and free them. Don't jerk them free.

When you won't be operating the RCU again for at least 30 minutes, put it and its cables back in the truck. If you leave cables lying on the ground, they can be run over and ruined.

Get the right commo cable to the right connector receptacle. If you connect the cables wrong, commo is jammed. Just remember the yellow-banded cable connector goes to the RCU connector receptacle with the yellow stripe above it.
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Publication:PS, the Preventive Maintenance Monthly
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Date:Apr 1, 2004
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