---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 160.151-37"
title: "46"
number: "160.151-37"
heading: "Servicing manual."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/160.151-37"
---

# §160.151-37. Servicing manual.

- (a) The servicing manual must provide instructions on performing the following tasks:
  - (1) Removing the inflatable liferaft from the container for testing without damaging the liferaft or its contents.
  - (2) Examining the liferaft and its container for damage and wear including deteriorated structural joints and seams.
  - (3) **Determining the need for repairs.**
  - (4) **Performing each repair which can be made by a servicing facility.**
  - (5) Identifying repairs that the manufacturer must perform.
  - (6) Determining when liferaft equipment must be replaced.
  - (7) Conducting tests required by [§ 160.151-57](/cfr/46/160.151-57.md).
  - (8) **Repacking the liferaft.**
  - (9) **Changing the maximum height of stowage of the liferaft by changing the length of the painter.**
  - (10) Special equipment limitations or packing instructions, if any, necessary to qualify the liferaft for a particular height of stowage.
  - (11) **Changing the service of the liferaft by changing the contents of the equipment pack.**
  - (12) Proper marking of the liferaft container, including approval number, persons' capacity, maximum height of stowage, service (equipment pack), and expiration date of servicing.
  - (13) **A list of parts for—**
    - (i) Survival equipment;
    - (ii) Compressed-gas cylinders;
    - (iii) Inflation valves;
    - (iv) Relief valves; and
    - (v) **Repair equipment.**
  - (14) The necessary pressures for each size of approved liferaft for conducting the “Necessary Additional Pressure” test required by [§ 160.151-57(k)](/cfr/46/160.151-57.md?p=k).
- (b) Each revision to a servicing manual, and each bulletin, that authorizes the modification of a liferaft, or that affects the compliance of a liferaft with any requirement under this subpart, must be submitted to and approved by the Commandant. Other revisions and bulletins need not be approved, but a copy of each must be submitted to the Commandant when issued.
- (c) Each manual provided under this section must bear the original signature of a representative of the manufacturer attesting that it is a true copy of the manual approved by the Commandant.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 85-205, 62 FR 25547, May 9, 1997, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 3703, 4302; E.O. 12234; 45 FR 58801; 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; and DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.