TNriverjet's M1078 Thread

[TNriverjet]

I took my wife and son to the river for a shake down run the next day. M-1078 hauls the 15.5 ft canoe with ease.

 

[SIMXVertigo]

Keep us posted if that air dryer fixed your issue.

 

[TNriverjet]

Keep us posted if that air dryer fixed your issue.

So far, it is much better. There is no moisture purging from the tanks when I open the drain valves. We haven't had cold enough weather to find out if the brakes freeze, but I'm 95% sure the problem is fixed. I was getting water out the purge valves all the time with the finned tube version of the air dryer. Now it is dry coming out for sure.

 

[snowtrac nome]

the reason why the fittings didn't match, is air brake fittings are different sizes than plumbing fittings for copper pipe. You should have gone to napa they would have sold you the right fitting no messing around

 

[TNriverjet]

Yes, I went there, but my local NAPA had a mess for their air fitting parts storage. They even let me back there to rummage. I spent 30 min and could not find anything to work. I finally found the right combination of hardware and got it all hooked up.

 

[Adventure Driven]

Thanks for posting this, I would love to know more about the shims, maybe a PM with a link to the source, also any info on how to shim correctly, hub disassembly looks easy enough, just need to know how to choose correct shims if posable, mine are a tad noisy too, thanks sooo much

Seth

I have been thinking about the noisy drivers hub and bought a shim kit off thebay for $13. I decided to tackle hub removal today and check things out. Photos loaded in reverse order of disassembly. Sorry.
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Check out the wear/gear mesh pattern on the spiders
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It seemed to me they were not engaging the full tooth face. Shimmed.

There was also a slight bit of rust on the old shims and one of the teeth on the inner gear. I cleaned that up and re-installed everything. No leaks and much quieter in test drive.
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[TNriverjet]

Search term for shim kit is.

Meritor Shim Assortment Kit 4715 5365013908484

 

[TNriverjet]

Thanks for posting this, I would love to know more about the shims, maybe a PM with a link to the source, also any info on how to shim correctly, hub disassembly looks easy enough, just need to know how to choose correct shims if posable, mine are a tad noisy too, thanks sooo muchSeth

Hub setup covered in detail here:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...-LMTV-planetary-hub-setup&highlight=Noisy+hub

 

[Adventure Driven]

awesome, thanks sooo much, my list just got longer, LOL

Seth

Hub setup covered in detail here:
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showth...-LMTV-planetary-hub-setup&highlight=Noisy+hub

 

[TNriverjet]

I sold the truck today. I was sorry to see it go, but am pretty sure it won't be the last one.

 

[Another Ahab]

I sold the truck today. I was sorry to see it go, but am pretty sure it won't be the last one.

That's no fun.

You need to focus on truck #2 and keep your spirits up.

So, the NEXT rig; what's it going to be?!