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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Picked up some free parts today I'm not sure what military trailer they come off of . I know the wheel cylinders brake shoes and drums will fit the M52a2 and M131A5C tanker trailer . The man said he tried to take them to the land fill they refused because the tires where on rims he went to the...
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    M172 Trailer?

    What kind of brakes ?
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    M52A2 defroster hose connection

    Should be the same as the m35
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    M52A2 defroster hose connection

    Don't know if this helps Should be a duct for each side.
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    U joints (you...joint)

    The 205 TC has a flange right ?
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    U joints (you...joint)

    The picture with the slip joint is from a GMC cckw and the other is from a Ford with a Marmon herrington 4x4 add on it looks to me like it has no slip joint.
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Picked up my M52a2 at the ATHS truck show
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    rear axle seal leaking

    Try this tighten the inside nut back it off retighten torque to 75 foot pounds if you have a torque wrench . Back it off 1/2 turn rock the brake drum at the top in and out you will feel lots slop . That is the movement you are trying to take out when your nuts are adjusted . The outer nut...
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    rear axle seal leaking

    Maybe a stuck axle vent ?
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    Power steering woes

    I have tried 15/40 and thought it was to heavy . Regular power steering fluid is working fine my reservoir is a lot smaller then what I had and the fluid gets warm as is should but not hot.
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    M931 5-Ton Front Axle Wt. Rating

    That is a nice set up you have . Years back in NM when hauling a dozer the blade had to be 7 feet above the road way so I had to rest it on the neck of the trailer and with it angled it blocked what you should see in your mirrors .when they changed the law I would then load them back ward with...
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    M931 5-Ton Front Axle Wt. Rating

    Your state may be different in New Mexico You get 600 pounds per inch of tire width . 10-00-20 is good for 12000LB on a steering 11-00-20 is 13200LB .
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    M931 5-Ton Front Axle Wt. Rating

    DOT will look at the width of your tire .I have never had them look at the axle rating .
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    Removing Wheel/Tire from m35a2?

    This is a great way to increase the life of your wheel cylinders .Wash the rubber parts -spring and pistons in hot soapy water and let dry leave the cylinder on the truck wipe through it with a cloth then lightly hone and wipe with cloth oil parts with brake fluid and put back together .
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    M925A2 Trailer hook up. Air supply. Need guidance.

    If you hookup the glad hands and charge the system and find out the glad hands need switched . you need to turn off the air unhook the glad hands and bleed the air tank on the trailer completely this will reset the system . If you just switch the glad hands it won't reset the system . This is...
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I switch out the box seat in my M52a2 with a springer seat from a m816 and I wanted more room .I removed the round rod that supports the lower back and added a strap across the back that supports the two plywood panels that seat inside the frame of the seat . I used the pad from the back of the...
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    Power steering woes

    This pump set up is on my M52a2 that had the multifuel removed and a civilian Mack endt 673 put in . The pump is the pump from the old multifuel whith the in side parts reversed to turn the right way . it is a simple set up that has worked very well . I posted this because it is very close to...
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    door art

    Palm tree added to doors on M52a2 black on one side and tan on other.
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    Had to change out a leaking oil filter housing on my 1967 M52a2 that I repowered with a Mack 673p a few years ago .
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    1951 reo m35 or m59 brake issue.

    Looks like water on bottom and something on top ? Not knowing anything about this truck I would check all fluids for water and look at the wheel bearings .
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