TM 11-5410-213-14P
MAINTENANCE ALLOCATION
Section 1. INTRODUCTION
i. Repair. The application of maintenance services
C-1. General
(inspect, test, s e r v i c e , adjust, align, calibrate,
This appendix provides a summary of the main-
r e p l a c e ) or other maintenance actions (welding,
. It authorizes categories
tenance operations for
grinding, riveting, straightening, facing,
of maintenance for specific maintenance functions
remachining, or resurfacing) to restore ear
on repairable items and components and the tools
viceability to an item by correcting specific damage,
and equipment required to perform each function.
fault, malfunction, or failure in a part, subassembly,
This appendix may be used as an aid in planning
m o d u l e (component or assembly), end item, or
maintenance operations.
system.
C-2. Maintenance Function
j. Overhaul That maintenance effort (ser-
Maintenance fictions will be limited to and defined
vice/action) necessary to restore an item to a com-
as follows:
pletely serviceable/operational condition as
a Inspect. To determine the serviceability of an
prescribed by maintenance standards (i.e., DMWR)
item by comparing its physical, mechanical, and/or
in appropriate technical publications. Overhaul is
electrical characteristics with established standards
normally the highest degree of maintenance per-
through examination.
formed by the Army. Overhaul does not normally
b. Test. To verify serviceability and to defect in-
return an item to like new condition.
cipient failure by measuring the mechanical or elec-
k. Rebuild Consists of those services/actions
t r i c a l characteristics of an item and comparing
necessary for the restoration of unserviceable equip
those characteristics with prescribed standards.
ment to a like new condition in accordance with
c. Service. Operations required periodically to
o r i g i n a l manufacturing standards. Rebuild is the
keep an item in proper operating condition, i.e., to
highest degree of materiel maintenance applied to
c l e a n (decontaminate), to preserve, to drain, to
Army equipment. The rebuild operation includes the
p a i n t , or to replenish fuel, lubricants, hydraulic
act of returning to zero those age measurements
fluids, or compressed air supplies.
(hours, miles, etc.) considered in classifying Army
d. Adjust. To maintain, within prescribed limits,
equipments/components.
by bringing into proper or exact position, or by set-
C-3. Column Entries
ting the operating characteristics to the specified
a. Column 1, Group Number. Column 1 lists
parameters.
group numbers, the purpose of which is to identify
e. Align. To adjust specified variable elements of
subassemblies, a n d
assemblies,
components,
an item to bring about optimum or desired per-
modules with the next higher assembly.
formance.
b. Column 2, Component/Assembly. Column 2
f. Calibrate. To determine and cause corrections
contains the noun names of components, assembles,
to be made or to be adjusted on instruments or test
subassemblies, and modules for which maintenance
m e a s u r i n g and diagnostic equipments used in
is authorized.
precision measurement. Consists of comparisons of
c. Column 3, Maintenance Functions. Column 3
two instruments, one of which is a certified standard
lists the functions to be performed on the item listed
o f known accuracy, to detect and adjust any
in column 2. When items are listed without main-
discrepancy in the accuracy of the instrument being
tenance functions, it is solely for purpose of having
compared.
the group numbers in the MAC and RPSTL coin-
g. Install. The act of emplacing, seating, or fixing
cide.
into position an item, part, module (component or
d. Column 4, Maintenance Category. Column 4
assembly) in a manner to allow the proper func-
specifies, by the listing of a "work time" figure in
tioning of the equipment or system.
the appropriate subcolumn (s), the lowest level of
h. Replace. The act of substituting a serviceable
m a i n t e n a n c e authorized to perform the function
like type part, subassembly, or module (component
listed in column 3. This figure represents the active
or assembly) for an unserviceable counterpart.
