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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I had one more wheel bearing to do on the back and finally made a step to help get in and out of the cab they are milk crates with a lid made from some screen put inside some window channel from an M211 the step is 13x13 and are bolted to the step
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    M35 Boots for Knuckles

    Lugnuts I think I bought them from Memphis Equipment, and they were silicone. The zippered boots looked like the grease broke them down and they fail .
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    M35 Boots for Knuckles

    I could get a year maybe a year and a half from a zippered boot on my 5 ton then in September 2015 I put in the one piece boots and they are still like new I looked in my repair notes .
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    What have you done to your 5 ton this week?

    I started regreasing the wheel bearings on my1967 M52A2 it has been just over 10 years for this wheel and at the time this wheel cylinder was new I took the cylinder apart a cleaned it in soapy water and honed the cylinder on the truck and let it dry then put it back together .
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    All 5-tons: Heavy Duty Torque Rod Ends

    I have some old ends I saved when I replaced the ends, I will need to check the threads is that what you want?
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    Steering Parts Question

    The pin is the same pin used in the front springs in all three places # 7412376 bushings # 7348894 seals #7369960 Memphis Equipment's phone number is on the bottom of the page. maybe this helps
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    LDS 465 1a rebuild or repower ?

    I replaced my M52A2 engine with an civilian Mack engine about ten years age and it has been a great engine . When I find military Mack parts I swap then out for what I have on my truck . When I bought this from a salvage yard I paid $500 for two motors and the one I put in has been great . I...
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    M1123 what antifreeze do I use

    The green antifreeze with a bottle of water pump lubricant with anti-rust works .
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    LA M35a2 Commercial Insurance

    Each state is different and in New Mexico, I pay $1100 a year for two trucks and two trailers and I'm good for 80,000 pounds. With Progressive commercial.
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    M35A2 brake upgrade using air brake chamber to push hydraulic master cylinder?

    In the first video, he talks about how a brake pod works and he is not correct on a brake pod with a maxie brake this has two chambers the one on the back has a big spring that when the system has no air that spring pushes to apply the brake if you have air going to the pod it pushes against...
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    Overthinking things again - Grease - Wheel bearings

    I had no luck in getting this video to play it is on Youtube and to find it search Shell Gadus s3v220c It shows truck wheel bearings using this grease .
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    Overthinking things again - Grease - Wheel bearings

    I found this on Youtube and would like to share it is time to repack wheel bearings on my M52A2 the last time was 2016 and one hub is getting warm is seams like I just greased them . I used Napa wheel bearing grease for years no problem it is just what I have always used but maybe this...
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    G749 preservation

    I was thinking vacuum line D is for the Governor. Maybe it breaks the vacuum to the distributor when the motor is over-revved.
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    M818 no crank

    Years back I turned my 5 ton m52A2 off when trying to restart nothing I checked the power to the starter, and I had power I found that one battery was bad and I was only getting 12 volts to the starter.
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    Out of Round Tires

    When it comes to truck tires you will never do enough of them to get good at it. If you do enough of them and get good at changing them that is not good either.
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    Drivers seat for m809 series

    One thing to watch out for is the space between the steering wheel and the back of the cab some seats are thicker than others and really limit the space for the driver.
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    M816 Wrecker Tire Conversion

    Your Truck looks great. Sandblasting gets sand everywhere I have done it with a pressure washer works better it will take off what is already coming off. I rebuilt a m211 it had orange paint over the green. I first went through the brakes and wheel bearings then I sandblasted the frame and...
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    NM M35 RV

    I have seen many military truck campers in the KOA just north of Albuquerque NM. It's no problem. It is a great place to stay and full hookups.
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    Tie Rod End Removal

    Some times it takes two hammers one on each side of the sleeve that the taped pin go through.
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    Oil Leak Around Oil Filter

    I never had any luck with completely sealing oil leaks around the filters till I installed the spin-on filters.
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