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If i run aftermarket wheels most likely 16X8's how much back spacing should I be looking for most i've seen run in the 4.25-5 inch area but I have seen others. What wouldbe correct to run 33x12.50's. would you just run the factory wheel backspacing look for more or less to compensateforthe...

I rescued my truck from Coleman's Military Surplus (www.colemans.com) in Sept. when I left they had one more M1008 which was probably a radio truck, but more importantly for you they had a white M1009. If I remember correctly it has @ 83K miles on it, nice floors and interior save for the dash...

Here they are, just ordianry 1/8-1/4 brass needle valves available at most any hardware or home improvement store. You can see I installed some 1/8 couplings on top of the shoulder nipples for clearence issues but your trucks may be alittle different. I also kept the compression fittings that...

You both make very good points. I want to keep my truck stock-ish but make it more useful and atractive to me. I really would like a conventional lift kit for their articulation, but it limits my tire size, and to be perfectly honest theres not much around me that I really need alot of flex...

alright here's the deal. I want to run Hummer Beadlocks, with 33X12.50/16.5 tires. I've been reading alot about the shackle flips and lift kits and so forth. I think I'm gonna run the 4 inch shackle flip with the stock springs in the back and run the overload spring upsidedown for a little...

thats my truck with 2006 Dodge 2500 rims and tires on it. They fit ok but they have too much back spacing in them (rub the drag link). Hard to see the sag in the picture, its not really alot just enough to bother me. And no they're not on the truck anymore.

well, It's starting to look like for all the work I'm gonna do for the front, I should just lift the whole truck. More work and money, but if I'm already gonna take the spring out and apart to put zero rates in, why not just throw a lift spring in while I'm there? I can make a ramp for my...

cool, I didn't even cosider that option. I think there's still one not to far from me I'll have to check them out.

you mean like re-arching? or actually replaceing or adding leaves? I've heard from severa lpeople that re-arching tends to be a temporary solution.

What would you guys suggest as the most reliable, effective, and lasting way to level the front suspension of the M1008 with the back? I was going to lift my truck 4-6 inches, but after trying to get my snowmobile in the back of the truck by myself at stock height makes me put the lift on the...

Just a thought, if your not doing a Concours D'elegance style resto on the truck. I had to replaced the filter base on my truck also. I replaced the plastic bleed caps with 1/8 brass needle valves. Much easier to bleed, no mess, but you have to tap the base out for them. If anyone's...

Low as in dawging the truck down? or low as in driving with the stock tires low? I always get low and high gearing mixed up. Besides almost anything would be an improvement over the stock size tires. However I am toying with the idea of using 900x16 military NDT tires like the old power...

Well, it looks like any of the wheels I might be getting don't have tires on them so, I can eliminate alot of the problems by running 32's or 33's. Those I know will fit without the lift but be very tight on the trail. But with the lift later on, who knows

well, I am considreing the option of a rebuild, but seems unecessary at this point. Ironically enough when I went to the diesel shop to ask about the seals, the truck stopped leaking. He also told me he would change the seals and cheack the IP for $125 . It's been dry as a bone for two days...

Do you think a shackle flip lift will work? I hear alot of guys talking about them as a cheaper and better alternative to regular lift kits and you get to re-use the stock springs. Again I'm not really looking for tons of axle travel, just enought to safely clear the tires and alow me to drive...

I finally finished fighting my leaky fuel filter base problems. Many thanks CCATLETT, but I'm still plagued with hard starting after the truck sits for 3 or more hours. Originally the culpret was the clogged fuel filter sensor/switch which was leaking letting fuel drain back to the tank...

well, I know that my wheels at least fit quite snugly on the hubs so much so they usually require alitle love to get them off. I was under the impression that the studs carried more of the lateral load and obviously the torque of the axle spinning it. All my other vehicles are the same way (all...

Do the HMMWV Beadlocks fit snugly around the full floater hub,and front axle manual hub like the original wheels do when installed on a M1008? After myfirst real off roading trip last weekend It became apparent larger tire are in my future. The truck did suprisingly well considering I was...

I want to put a winch on my M1008, but am not sure how to mount it. Thats why I want to see what your thoughts or how you guys attacked the problem. I know the most versatile way to do it would be a portable unit with front and rear recievers, but they don't look as cool as a permanent mounted...

the tow/shackle points on the front and back of my 86 m1008 are 1.5 inches wide by 2 inches tall hope that helps.