TM 5-3610-286-20
2-24.
Ink Fountain Assembly.
This task covers:
a. Remove
b. Repair
c. Install
INITIAL SETUP
Tools
Equipment Conditions
13 mm combination wrench
Upper guard (O/S) removed (para. 2-18)
22 mm combination wrench
Main guard (D/S) removed (para. 2-20)
8 mm hex key
ink ductor roller removed (TM 5-3610-286-10)
Punch, bronze, 8 in.
Hammer, ball-peen
Additional Personnel Requirement
Printing and Binding Specialist MOS 83F20
a. Remove.
(1) Ink roller. (figure 2-34)
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
2-104
Loosen star knobs (Sheet 2, 1) and rotate fountain (2) down.
Remove flexible lubrication line fitting (O/S) (Sheet 1, 3) from clutch (4).
Remove two snap rings (5) and slide cover plate (6) off ink fountain roller (7) shaft
end (O/S).
Loosen brake adjusting screw (8) and slide off brake (9).
NOTE
Adjusting screw cannot be removed. Mylar brake shoes
Remove nut (10) and washer (11) from bearing pin (12).
Place wedge or block behind head of bearing pin (12).
CAUTION
. .
may be loose in brake.
Use care in next step so as not to damage rigid lubrication lines behind bearing
pin.
Using bronze punch and ball-peen hammer, drive end of bearing pin (12) in, to free it
from clutch (4) and pull rod (13).
Slide off clutch (4).
Using bronze punch and ball-peen hammer, remove woodruff key (14) from ink fountain
roller shaft (7).
Unscrew and remove ink fountain roller handle (15).
