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I flipped my 109 hubs in that time, but I've been in deuce hubs so much I could do them in my sleep. I also have all the tools and didn't have to clean the bearings and my brakes are good because I stay on top of that stuff. Four hours is kind of a best case scenario time.View attachment 680855View attachment 680857I just finished flipping my hubs. I've also heard this was a 4 hour job. After installing adapters for MRAP wheels, mounting tires...."murphys tire compound is worth its weight in gold" painting rims, flipped, cleaned, re-packed bearings, new seals, flipped studs. These tires were on my stock rims. So that added alot to the time...So two weekends of putzing around and can't be happier.
Seeing that NJ plate makes me want to get back to the Garden State to finish working on my deuce! Not looking forward to doing battle withFinally picked up my Deuce and brought it home this weekend.View attachment 681389...
The fun has already started, Replaced a few lights, stoplight switch is bad (hydraulic side) kit ordered to relocate it to the air side, Most everything acquired to change the fluids, Ordered a 24 VDC to 12 VDC Converter, looking through TMs and searching through the forums. Gotta love a new toyCongratulations on a successful mission! Now comes all the fun!![]()
It must be steel, right?I agree it looks sharp, but looks like steel imho.
http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.phpIt must be steel, right?
Nobody is making the tops (other then the soft tops), in anything else are they?
Bit of an update to my post yesterday. Took the deuce to an off road area about 40 miles away. It's mostly for dirt bikes and atv's. There are gates everywhere and they say if you can go around the gate you can drive there, though I don't think they had my truck in mind so I didn't think I should. I just drove down the main pot hole strewn dirt road. Had to turn around once in an area that wasn't deuce-sized so I improvised by backing through a water filled ditch and up a hillside - the new tires really did the trick there, didn't spin once.
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A few thoughts on the super singles. Mine are the Michelin XL
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The truck looked imposing on stock tires, but now even more so. They increase vibrations over the whole vehicle. Items I place on the seat have a tendency to vibrate their way to the floor now. These particular tires have a recommended top speed of 50 and at least on my truck around the 50-55 mph speed the truck feels like I'm driving over a washboard road. If you exceed about 55 the bumpiness subsides a little and becomes more tolerable but I mostly drive below 50 mph.
Doing the math on the circumference the 46" tires cover about 15% more ground per revolution over the stock 40".
It seems to me that over rough ground the heavier tires in the front (stock tire/wheel combo is around 125 lbs, I think and the XL come in close to 200 with adapters/hardware) may be less prone to being shoved around. While in the rear, you save weight because two stock tires weigh more than 1 super single. In any case turning seemed a trifle easier.
I thought the dish out on the front was hard on the bearings.
They are 50/50 or zero offset. I'm still mulling over flipping the hubs in the rear - my biggest concern is putting stress on the bearings. Planning on overhauling the hubs later this summer, may do it then.i think those are 50/50 offset as opposed to the normal deep dish, my steel wheels, adapters, bead locks, tires and hardware scaled at 470# i put 1.5# of lead shot in each tire and so far it doesn't have any balance issues. the ride is better and the m109a3 bounce dropped a good 10 mph and is less noticable