TM 5-3610-253-14
Staple
Perfect Stitch
Corrective Action
Trouble
Probable Cause
(1) Adjust thickness
Wrong thickness
Loose clinch.
adjustment.
(2) Raise clinches
(1) Adjust thickness
Loose clinch.
Wrong thickness
adjustment and
clinches are set
(2) Reset clinches
too high.
Staple leg is
Worn wire cutters.
Reverse or replace wire
cutters (paragraph 3-10.1).
spread.
Reset wire straighteners.
Wire straighteners
are not properly
adjusted.
Replace bender bar
Worn bender bar.
Check wire cutters. Reverse
or replace (paragraph 3-10.1).
Reset wire straighteners.
Wire straighteners
are not properly
adjusted.
Reset thickness adjustment
Wrong setting of
Crown is buckled
thickness adjustment. (paragraph 3-6).
and tearing paper.
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