Click here to make tpub.com your Home Page

Page Title: TEFLON TAPE
Back | Up | Next

Click here for thousands of PDF manuals

Google


Web
www.tpub.com

Home


   
Information Categories
.... Administration
Advancement
Aerographer
Automotive
Aviation
Construction
Diving
Draftsman
Engineering
Electronics
Food and Cooking
Logistics
Math
Medical
Music
Nuclear Fundamentals
Photography
Religion
   
   

 

TM9-2320-270-20-1
TEFLON TAPE
New teflon tape (item 22, appendix C) should be used to keep connections from leaking whenever you
are connecting fuel, oil, air, and hydraulic system lines and fittings without compression sleeves or
packings as follows:
1.
Be sure threads are clean and dry.
2.
Start tape one or two threads from small or leading edge of fitting, joining tape together
with an overlap of about 1/8-inch (3.18 mm) for fittings with fine threads. For fittings
with coarse threads, tape should be wrapped around threads two or three times.
Wrap tape tightly in same direction as you would tighten a nut. Tape must be pressed into
3.
threads without cutting or ripping.
CAUTION
Do not go over specified torque or use power tools to tighten teflon-taped fittings. Over-
tightening could damage fitting threads and cause connection to leak.
4.
Use hand tools to tighten and torque fittings to specified torque.
AIR SYSTEM LEAK CHECK
If air system leakage is suspected, check suspected components as follows:
1. Make sure that components are under air pressure by having an assistant operate them
(TM 9-2320-270-10). For example, if you suspect a leak in brake parts, have assistant step
on brake treadle with air system fully charged.
2. Coat suspected parts with solution of soap (item 14, appendix C) and water.
TA239798
4-8

Privacy Statement - Press Release - Copyright Information. - Contact Us

Integrated Publishing, Inc. - A (SDVOSB) Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business