A SMART OPERATOR LOOK AT THAT
GETS EXTRA MILEAGE SAG..DOES IT
FROM HIS TRACK RUBBER D0 ANY HARM??
BY POING LIKE THE
 EXPERT S! ,Keep the track at the exact
 SI Wtension called for by your ve-
 hicle TM. Too tight is not
 bright, and there is no excuse
 for too loose. The experts keep
 the tension exact, and their
 track rubber wears longer.



 TRACKS WEAR MORE ON TH '
 INNERSIDE!

 Cure: Switch the tracks, left
 LT on right and right on left. That
 way you'll even up the wear.
 (Course, with some tracks there
 is a left and a right type of
 track which can't be switched.
 Also, you don't want to wind
 up with the V of chevron
 grouser track pointing back-
 ward.) You'll find the inner
 road wheels wear faster than
 the outer, so switch 'em when
 necessary to equalize the wear.


S.-"- WITH YOUR TRACKS


STrack in storage loses a lot of its
 snap back," bur if iou break it in right
 much of the bounce comes back.

 WHAT ARE
THE BEST SPEEDS
FOR BREAKING IN { HERE.!
 NEW TRACK
 BLOCKS?


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 Break in new track pads on a paved
road or a smooth secondary road and
stop after each 15-mile phase and tight-
en up end connectors if they need it.
HDN WRIGHT,
 S WRIGHTT!
 IT'LL OND Y
ca~ TAKE A
 MINUTE.
 This expert break-in will add hun-
dreds of miles of life to the track rubber.
On tuther hand, if you run the rubber
fast without a break-in you lose those
hundreds of miles.


 Dri\ing-aftir )ou break in sour
 track like an experr, operate it like an
 expert no piyot turns in rocky, rough
 terrain and no sustained high-speed
 operation. /
 T- EASY
 MAN.
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 Avoid going over 20 MPH for long
 periods when the outside temperature is
 above 85 F.
 WHENEVER YOU CAN,-
 STOP A. WHILE SO Y'R
 TRACKS CAN COOL OFF!



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 Turn-in-The expert always takes
 the good track off a tank before he turns
 it in for rebuild. At the depot new track
 is put on as part of the overhaul job, so
 any kind ofjunky track is OK when you
 turn in a tracked vehicle.
 Follow these tips and you'll get more
 good miles out of your track, and your
 vehicle will behave better too.
 See TM 9-2630-200-14 (Oct 62) and
 Ch 7 (Dec 67) for poop on maintenance
 and wear limits for all kinds of track
 and track components.


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