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AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT COMPONENT WASHING, CLEANING, AND FRESH WATER RINSE
PROCEDURES continued
Table I.
Recommended Cleaning Sequence
Seq
Component
General Cleaning
Instruction and Paragraph
Specific Cleaning Instruction
Table II Item No.
1.
Engine
TM 55-2840-248-23
2.
APU
TM 55-2835-208-23
3.
Main rotor blades
Wipe down with water displacing
compound (WDC)
23
4.
Main rotor hub assy
Wipe down with WDC
23
5.
Main rotor swashplate assy.
Wipe down with WDC
23
6.
Main transmission deck area
Wipe down with WDC
23
7.
Fuselage exterior, to include:
center fuselage, nacelles,
wings, etc.
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
8.
Canopy
See Table II
16
9.
Forward fuselage
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
10.
Aft fuselage
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
11.
Tail rotor blades
Wipe down with WDC
23
12.
Tail rotor hub and
swashplate
Wipe down with WDC
23
13.
Vertical stabilizer
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
14.
Horizontal stabilator
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
15.
Tailboom exterior
Wash with cleaning compound
2, 3
16.
Tailboom interior
See Table II
23 or 25
17.
FABS interior
See Table II
9
18.
Interior spaces
See Table II
8 or 10
19.
Gun turret
Wipe down with WDC
23
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