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I could get a year maybe a year and a half from a zippered boot on my 5 ton then in September 2015 I put in the one piece boots and they are still like new I looked in my repair notes .
I started regreasing the wheel bearings on my1967 M52A2 it has been just over 10 years for this wheel and at the time this wheel cylinder was new I took the cylinder apart a cleaned it in soapy water and honed the cylinder on the truck and let it dry then put it back together .
The pin is the same pin used in the front springs in all three places # 7412376 bushings # 7348894 seals #7369960 Memphis Equipment's phone number is on the bottom of the page. maybe this helps
I replaced my M52A2 engine with an civilian Mack engine about ten years age and it has been a great engine . When I find military Mack parts I swap then out for what I have on my truck . When I bought this from a salvage yard I paid $500 for two motors and the one I put in has been great . I...
Each state is different and in New Mexico, I pay $1100 a year for two trucks and two trailers and I'm good for 80,000 pounds.
With Progressive commercial.
In the first video, he talks about how a brake pod works and he is not correct on a brake pod with a maxie brake this has two chambers the one on the back has a big spring that when the system has no air that spring pushes to apply the brake if you have air going to the pod it pushes against...
I had no luck in getting this video to play it is on Youtube and to find it search Shell Gadus s3v220c
It shows truck wheel bearings using this grease .
I found this on Youtube and would like to share it is time to repack wheel bearings on my M52A2 the last time was 2016 and one hub is getting warm is seams like I just greased them . I used Napa wheel bearing grease for years no problem it is just what I have always used but maybe this...
Years back I turned my 5 ton m52A2 off when trying to restart nothing I checked the power to the starter, and I had power I found that one battery was bad and I was only getting 12 volts to the starter.
When it comes to truck tires you will never do enough of them to get good at it.
If you do enough of them and get good at changing them that is not good either.
One thing to watch out for is the space between the steering wheel and the back of the cab some seats are thicker than others and really limit the space for the driver.
Your Truck looks great. Sandblasting gets sand everywhere I have done it with a pressure washer works better it will take off what is already coming off.
I rebuilt a m211 it had orange paint over the green. I first went through the brakes and wheel bearings then I sandblasted the frame and...
On hills Chaining up the outside tire front or rear axle will cause the tires with the chain to dig out the ice and not touch the ground because all the weight is sitting on the other tires without the chain and are spinning on the ice on a steep enough hill the truck will be slipping down the...
This disc brake is in a 1943 White something like this with a maxi chamber in it would make a better park brake than the one that was put on these trucks ,
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