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That's a good point, the shaft must have a second bearing?

Some times you need to giver. I started tearing into the truck I repacked the wheel bearings, adjusted the breaks, fixed some metal damage from the last outing. Made up an air down and fill up attachment to speed the process up. I can air and deflate 2 tires at one time. Attached a gauge...

Nice work

I worked on a tire for an hour , hammering, prying, bleeding. Then I said screw it and went down to the tire shop, they had the ring off in 5 min and charged me 20$ My time is worth more than $20 so is my blood. Looking forward to your updates

When heading off pavement be sure to air down the tires it makes all the difference in performance and handles the bumps a lot better.

I have run the truck in off road and on road conditions extensively with both duels and singles. Currently I have 395/85R20 XML on HEMTT's. Off road I found the singles to be far better. For many reasons. One single tire and rim is lighter than, 2 tires, rims, tubes etc. Airing down the...

I can't stress how lucky I was to have this spare winch case. When I bought my M35a2 this winch rolled around the bed for a few weeks, then pickled in dead leaves and water for another few weeks. Not to mention the previous owner. Alas is does not happen often, but I got lucky this time. I...

Sir remove that ASAP, if this thread can save just one winch it was worth it.

Really trying to get my truck back together to make it down there. I might have shot myself in the foot so to speak.

Thanks for every ones input, very constructive. Last night I started to gut my replacment winch case. Most of the guts are removed already, I have it broken down into pcs. I have put them in the parts washer and cleaned them up. It looks to be in good shape. The pcs of formed steel and...

a couple more, closer inspection reveals a compression pin. Son of a !!!!

Tom, I understand how it operates and how many men it takes to operate the truck. Friend I'm willing to bet I could educate you how how to operate this vehicle. In the conditions it was designed to be used. This is a great piece of American engineering, I respect it. This was a case of a...

C'mon man I was just riding high on the ignorance of thinking the guts are still good lol

Agreed, It looks like a shear pin, but until I get it out and test for hardness I can't know for sure.

If you got the "kick a man when he is down" flavor from this thread, well I did too. The TM worshiper's believe everything can be learned from reading, maybe they ride a desk and really feel that way. I don't , I'm a do'er I get my hands dirty and I learn by experience. Sometimes mistakes...

Thanks for your input on my grammar, not the purpose of the thread but note taken.

Dog head, I was aware of of the lever on the winch, Leaving it locked in was a mistake brought upon by the fact I don't have the drum lock pin. Bottom line I left the winch handle engaged to avoid the the drum un spooling while driving. I blew that one, I never thought the the PTO would...

I will post pictures when I get home. I keep a bag of alum. shear pins in the truck, but I have never checked the one installed currently. I made a few mistakes it appears, I will ensure this does not happen again. The bumper handle position was a major meat head move. So I will...

I'm trying to figure out how I destroyed my winch. I would much appreciate any thoughts you guys have on this event. Now the first thing I could have done was not keep the bumper handle engaged, I'll remember that for next time. My question is, How could me shifting the truck in reverse...

correct my friend, east side.