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M3 Halftrack Restoration

Dirt71

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It was time to take a look at the front end. Man talk about neglect, the pic's speak for themselve's. Had to disassemble the whole axle to clean it up properly. I will be replacing inner axle seal's, pinion seal, hub seal's as well as brake shoe's and wheel cylinder's.
 

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David, thanks for taking some great photo's. I'm going to be heading into my front end pretty soon, I'll use these as a resource. I just finished rebuilding my e-brake handle. It was frozen up. It's those little items that slow you down.:roll:

Don G.
 

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Wow, those hubs haven't had a serious deal of maintenance since the Eisenhower Administration. Looks great so far, Dirt!

Keep up the good work!

BTW, when this half-track is done, you plan on getting back into 10-tons?
 

Dirt71

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Wow, those hubs haven't had a serious deal of maintenance since the Eisenhower Administration. Looks great so far, Dirt!

Keep up the good work!

BTW, when this half-track is done, you plan on getting back into 10-tons?
I gotta say, I do miss my 10 ton stuff, but I'll be sticking with the halftrack. It's got a certain coolness all it's own. 8)
 

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I hear you about the 10ton's I was assistant driver and dozer operator, I liked driving the 10ton. But you also have it right the half track has a coolness all it's own. Spent time today with the little stuff. Keep driving on.
G.
Don
 

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That topic has been covered in exactly 14,273 threads on SS. The front roller was added to help the half-track get itself out of ditches, if the vehicle "nosed-in", it could "roll out".
 

Dirt71

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Got the front axle back together today, not alot of time to clean and paint everything as I would like to. I will be relocating my shop by the end of the month, lot's to do between now and then. As I said before, I'm more worried about everything working mechanically as it should.:D
 

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"That topic has been covered in exactly 14,273 threads on SS. The front roller was added to help the half-track get itself out of ditches, if the vehicle "nosed-in", it could "roll out". "

I'm sure everything has been covered at one point on these forums, so why not just close the forums to all new posts and just have a search feature. Geez.
 

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I get asked the roller question more than any other. Sometimes if I'm feeling a little freaky I tell em its a gigantic dough roller. I believe in the manual it is called an 'unditching device' It also makes a comfy seat believe it or not just don't ride up there when I'm driving.
It's all good. :beer:
 
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