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No. In fact, someone has done it within the last few months. I'll see if I can find the thread.

For those of you who never look at the 5-ton sub forum, my wife and I were invited to run our rigs in a little neighborhood Christmas parade. We decorated our trucks and my wife led in her HMMWV with a friend and his immediate family riding in the troop seats in back. I followed in my M813...

Yes, this billing method happened to me as well and took me by surprise. I had a nice email chat with the fellow at AMGen. I told him that they were very trusting to mail out partial shipments without taking payment for anything until the complete shipment goes out. I figure it's only a matter...

I now have a small plastic storage tub dedicated to M813 Xmas decorations. I just bust it out each year and zip-tie everything on. Takes 10 minutes. After the parade, I zipped down the road for some fuel. I was doing 50mph when the thought occurred to me that I might be flinging giant, plastic...

Wife and I were invited to participate in a neighborhood Xmas parade. She drove her HMMWV with a bunch of friends in the troop seats. I followed in my M813 with my daughter.

Yup, got that. Ok, RWH says a cheater bar on the pipe wrench is OK. That's helpful, along with the heat. I wasn't sure how beefy the walls of the radius tube were, and just how "Mongo" I could safely get when trying to turn the tube. I've been stuck late at work this week, so no chance to try...

@twisted60 Awesome, thanks. I have the same kind of torch but I'm really an amateur at using it. I have difficulty judging the amount of heat it's producing. I saw the channels and cleaned them out. I'll keep soaking and I'll try the heat carefully.

I'm also looking to mount a fuel can bracket. I'm running the 2-man soft top configuration with troop seats. I'm having a hard time deciding what the best place is, to mount the can. I don't want to interfere with the troop seats folding down, nor do I want to burn up valuable space in the...

Ok, thanks. I was concerned about the rubber bits at the end. I do have a big pipe wrench. The radius arm doesn't appear rusted but the threads were full of crud. I'll heat it up and put the pipe wrench on it and see what I can get.

I'm trying to make a minor adjustment to the toe-out of a rear wheel. I've read the process in the -2. The radius rod clamps are loosened and I've cleaned and lubed the adjusting threads but the sleeve is really stuck. Am I missing something? Is applying heat a bad idea?

Ha, mine only jumps around when the fuel level is high.

I give you $25 for that junk. ;)

On the topic of more torque, I'd plan on upgrading to 12k axles to handle it.

Well before Tesla ever existed, I converted a '77 VW Beetle to battery electric drive. I drove it everywhere for 2 years, safely and reliably. I loved it. In my opinion, the HMMWV will suffer major losses and inefficiencies due to the gearing in the hubs and the transmission to say nothing of...

Tires like that used to be recycled for use at playgrounds for kids to climb on or swing on. :) Not OSHA approved anymore, I guess.

Great, thanks for that. I routinely haul stuff but it's rarely heavy. Brush and yard waste, for example.

@US6x4 Did you do this on the kitchen table? Was your wife out of town? ;)

So, I have performed the "string check" and toe-out measurement and checked all of my rear suspension components and spindle nuts yet I am still experiencing excessive wear on the very outer edge of my driver's rear tire. The chalk test indicates that the rear tires are toed out as they should...

This beats the hell out of the other way I was told to test the sprague: "Butt the bumper of the truck up against a large tree and dump the clutch."

I was just commenting. I don't own one of these switches.