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## UNIT MAINTENANCE MC-4 RAM AIR FREE-FALL PERSONNEL PARACHUTE SYSTEM SUSPENSION LINE ATTACHING LOOP 

## THIS TASK COVERS: 

x Repair 

## INITIAL SETUP: 

## Tools 

Sewing Machine, Double Box-X (Table 1, WP 0015 00) Stitch Removal Tool (Item 40, WP 0063 00) 

## Materials/Parts 

Ink, Marking (Item 25/26, WP 0076 00) Thread, Nylon, Size E (Item 43/44, WP 0076 00) 

## REPAIR 

## Personnel Required 

92R (10) Parachute Rigger 

## Equipment Condition 

Lay out on packing table or other suitable area. 

1. If loose or broken threads are present, restitch with size E nylon thread in accordance with WP 0015 00. 

2. The suspension line-attaching loop may need to be removed and reattached in order to repair a portion of the damaged canopy. Remove and reattach the suspension line attaching loop as follows: 

a. Using an authorized marking aid of contrasting color, mark the original location of the suspension line-attaching loop using the adjoining loaded rib as a guide to determine where to reattach the suspension line-attaching loop. 

b. Using the stitch removal tool, carefully remove the suspension line attachment loop from the canopy. 

c. Repair canopy damage as outlined in the applicable WP. 

d. Using a double box-X pattern sewing machine, size E nylon thread and 56 stitches per inch, reattach the suspension line-attaching loop over the original stitch pattern location previously marked. 

e. Perform continuity check IAW WP 0 0 05 00 or WP 00 0 6 00 

## END OF WORK PACKAGE 

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