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They look like Marsh wheels to me. Should have bought them directly from them. They are really great to work with and the markup would have been a little less severe. They built my M715 wheels and had them here in 10 days.

Re: RE: Why does one truck Go out, fire up your truck, and try to have a conversation within 25 yards of it. If you can't understand what the other person is saying, you definitely own a Whistler.

For anything diesel powered parked for a while I like to do a few things: 1) Drain the fuel filters of any water. 2) Using a flashlight, take a look in the tank to be sure there isn't any major chunks or water in there. 3) Install the new batteries and be sure all the posts/terminals...

Tell her that model cars are not useful, and they have to be dusted regularly.....you can only look at them. After that, offer to go get a load of mulch for the landscaping...all of it at once, then do a little property clean-up. Go and get a deuce next and fuel it for free using waste motor...

Most definitely! I do just that, although its with a creeper on the shop floor. Take a really good look in all the corners, crevices, etc. It is surprising sometimes what you may find, but better finding it in the shop than on the side of the road far from home or worse yet possibly causing an...

Mind hitting the "Caps Lock" button on your keyboard?

Keep in mind that with the stock gearing in the M37, even with a 5 speed, you will probably be pushing the redline on any diesel trying to do highway speed, or anything above 45 or so.

Re: RE: M35 TRANS SWAP? Ditto....and hard to stop too.....

I'm sure at some point the CUCV collection the govt has will dry up, just as the M211's, M715's etc did some years back. I'd also keep in mind that whoever gets into the White House next may or may not influence some of the decisions to unload unused stuff. That could change the current...

Given that a M35 weighs around 13000 lbs, wouldn't you need a 20K or so winch to self-recover? I was always under the impression that you needed approximately twice the capacity of the vehicle you were recovering including gear, etc.....I'm not sure I'd want to rely on a 12000 pounder to pull...

I am by no stretch a metalurgist, but I figure it probably just broke due to either being really stuck badly, or some other failure down the line......I doubt much more than that. You have to remember that a young low-ranking member of the armed forces operated this truck and without much...

Saddamsnightmare, actually as we speak, SETOYOTA is removing the broken axle in question and having a metalurgical sample removed to send to the word renowned "Axle Failure Institute" in Switzerland. It is supected that the forging process in the plant where this truck was manufactured was...

Yep, climbed up on the broken portion and forced its way out the cap.....now, what caused it?

As Recovery 4X4 mentioned, there could have been an axle issue that caused the breakage. I'm thinking an axle that didn't disengage, then someone drove it around on asphalt, breaking the end off the axle stub shaft.

Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: RE: Deuce parts I'm still trying to figure out which part of the chicken they get the "nuggets" from.....scary......

Right at the moment: cat furniture. Other times: property clean up, 13,000 lb convertible, waste oil disposer, parking space filler, eco-geek upsetter.

Here's a couple pics: You can see how big the axle shaft u-joint cage is and how it'd be hard for it to move outward. You can also see in the lower pic the inner seal in the seal holder/thrust washer.

In the case of the Rockwell its a bit different as the knuckle and wheel bearings aren't isolated from one another. The seal keeping the diff oil from the knuckle is on the inside of the knuckle in the axle tube. There isn't any need to keep the spindle sealed in that case. Also, the axle...

There isn't a seal in the back of the spindle, only a thrust surface for the front of the joint to run against and control the end play. There is a bushing inside the spindle as well, but it only keeps the axle centered in the spindle and the cap takes care of the other end. On the axle tube...

I think the tip of the stub shaft is broken off and got pushed out. If all is as normal in the knuckle, the spindle holds the shaft in place and keeps it from coming out any at all. The only way the shaft could come out that far is if the spindle was worn so badly as to allow the axle to...