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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, prepares the tools he needs to remove a wheel assembly from a floodlight vehicle Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Cannon needed to remove the tire to clean and inspect a bearing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, removes the cotter pin from a wheel Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Cannon needed to remove the tire to clean and inspect a bearing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, uses a crescent wrench to remove a bolt on a wheel assembly Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Cannon needed to remove the tire to clean and inspect a bearing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, uses a crescent wrench to remove a bolt on a wheel assembly Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Cannon needed to remove the tire to clean and inspect a bearing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, pries a wheel bearing out of a wheel assembly of a floodlight vehicle Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The floodlight vehicle is used by maintainers on the flightline at night or in low-light areas while they perform maintenance on C-17 Globemaster III’s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, places wheel bearing parts on a rag to inspect and clean Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Cannon removed all the old grease from the bearing and placed the parts in a special washing machine that uses a chemical solvent to remove all the grease. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, puts a face shield over his goggles for protection from the chemicals used to clean wheel bearing parts Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Once the bearings have gone through the chemical bath, they are scrubbed with a brush to remove all traces of grease. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, cleans wheel bearing parts in a chemical bath to remove old grease Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. Once the bearings have gone through the chemical bath, they are scrubbed with a brush to remove all traces of grease. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, uses an electronic grease gun to reapply new grease to wheel bearing parts Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, removes a clamp from a wheel bearing part after applying grease Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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A wheel bearing is covered in new grease before being reinstalled Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, wipes grease off of his gloves and tools after reinstalling a wheel Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. The process of cleaning and reattaching a wheel bearing takes a technician approximately 25 to 30 minutes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)
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Airman 1st Class Charles Cannon, 437th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician, spins the tire to make sure the repacked wheel bearing is working properly and the tire is moving with ease Aug. 6, 2013, at Joint Base Charleston – Air Base, S.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Dennis Sloan)