Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.
Ah, the G749 GMC Hydramatic.
70 years on, there is still the argument around either ATF or OE-10 in it.
I always like the water-cooled aspect of it, BTW.
That fan eats up at least 5 HP, and your 25A 28V generator = 700 Watts , figuring 740 W/HP.
So at least 6hp are lost, not counting the water pump.
We are probably lucky to get 50HP at the wheels, what with the friction and hysteresis of the drive train. Just that 300 deg F transfer case has...
I ran a tandem axle 5th wheel dolly with duals on stock 5-ton wheels to pull a big water tanker (5K gal) with my M54A1. Plenty of space between the tires, and everything else.
I've seen 12.00's on a M35 with duals on stock wheels, hauling water, of all things. Didn't seem to have any...
11.00-20's are the way to go on a G742 truck, as they made single wheels for the M34 Reo and M135 GMC that track right.
Easy enuf to find. Flip those hubs & go!
Our Mercedes car came with an 8" long lugwrench. That is plenty to tighten them properly.
I've had a buffoon at Discount Tire say that can't possibly achieve the proper torque for safety.
I think HIS nuts are too tight...
Why tire shops will stall out an 1,200 ft/lb air wrench on every nut always pisses me off.
That much torque will dish out the rim holes, too. Untrained kids is what I've seen.
All you need on a Budd nut is 300, so a poor mook can take off a flat on the road with hand tools.
There was a time when I owned 4 Champs, one that ran. It had the usual broken ring gear (crown wheel in Brit English).
The other 3 were essentially parts widows, but all of them had bad gears. One of them looked like it was dipped in a big tank of mixed species poop and water, then left to...
I'll try and get some pix of the simple stages of how to do it and post them in this thread in a few days.
Youtube is full of how-to's, some by idiots, others meaning well but leave out a couple steps that make the whole process much easier.
I've done my own lockring wheels for almost 60...
That's why one mounts a receiver hitch unit flush in the driver's side of your 2.5/5T front bumper, and use one of those pintle adapters to push that trailer around so you can actually see where it is going.
Park the thing, then pull the pintle out and store it onboard.
When one thinks about the environment of a tactical MV wheel bearing, remember they seldom see even 500 RPM. Definitely not a high speed operation.
When you take into account the massive size of the rollers/race vs the loads upon them, a good long-fiber grease properly packed is more than...
Those breakers were fairly standard across the tactical usages. 15A for #14 wire, 20A for #12 circuits.
They can be found is both Douglas & Packard connection formats from most MV parts houses.
Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!