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TM 9-2350-311-34-1 SECTION 1. REPAIR PARTS, SPECIAL TOOLS, TMDE, AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT 2-1 GENERAL “ Tools, equipment, and repair parts will be issued to direct support and general support maintenance personnel for maintenance. The tools and equipment issued should only be used for tasks in this manual. When not in use, these tools should be properly stowed. 2-2 COMMON TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT For authorized common tools and equipment, refer to the Modified Table of Organization and Equipment (MTOE). 2-3 SPECIAL TOOLS, TMDE, AND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT The special tools and equipment listed and illustrated in TM 9-2350-31 1-24 P-1 are the only special tools and equipment necessary to perform maintenance operations described in this manual. TM 9-2350-311 -24P-1 is the authority for requisitioning special tools and equipment for supporting maintenance use. All references to special tools in this technical manual are located in Appendix C. The fabricated tools mentioned apply only to supporting maintenance shops to enable these organizations to fabricate items locally. Fabricated tools are particularity valuable to shops engaged in repairing many identical components. 2-4 REPAIR PARTS Repair parts are listed and illustrated in the Repair Parts and Special Tools List (RPSTL) covering direct support and general support maintenance (TM 9-2350-311 -24P-1 and TM 9-2350-31 1-24P-2). All mandatory replacement parts identified in the initial setups are listed in Appendix F. SECTION Il. GENERAL HULL MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS 2-5 DISASSEMBLY AND ASSEMBLY PROCEDURES Complete disassembly of a component is not always necessary to make a required repair or replacement. Good judgement should be used to keep disassembly operations to a minimum. When disassembling a unit, first follow basic inspection procedures, then remove only necessary components and subassemblies. These components may then be reduced, as required, into individual parts. 2-2