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The boots will keep the grease in but that looks more like a liquid=gear oil so yes you need to replace the oil seal in the housing. When the boots get cracked or torn you will usually see chunks of grease coming out.
My son said he counted 50 total but that was counting all the ones that are almost completely parted out but still might have the frame and a rear axle and part of a cab. There are about 10 more complete rolling ones that just don't run and need some injection pump attention.
When I was selling a lot of Deuces the two biggest sales killers were "I need to get permission from my wife" or home owners association..to which I would reply "thanks for stopping"!
I used to think there was no such thing as too many deuces but now I'm starting to wonder...This past weekend my son and a couple buddies fired up all the running deuces and took this pic (with my Humvee and 5 ton as bookends). And these are just the running ones 😳. I think I've become a hoarder!
I bought my M816 strictly to use on my own property. I buy and sell/part out deuces as a hobby and it is so much safer lifting heavy stuff with the wrecker than when I used to use my Bobcat. Pulling a multifuel with a skid loader while you're staring at the crank pulley was not a safe way to do...
In my opinion I would just replace the whole unit with an air shift case. Even a correctly working sprag case does not work as good as an air shift case.
I had a similar experience the last deuce I registered. I used to register them with "Y" plates=truck plates and rate them at 26,000 or less if I wanted to save a bit on tab costs. However, the last time I was in at the same DMV I always use they said I needed a DOT # to use Y plates. I...
Yes all the trucks have the same gearing, are you using low range on the transfer case? The only other thing I can think of is going with a smaller tire to slow it down without riding the brake or clutch.
By the way I think you are the first person wanting to "slow down" a deuce :mrgreen:
I brought an air shift transfer case down to my shop today and threw it on the scale...465 lbs! It still had the parking brake assembly and drum on as well as the cross-member and gear oil. I knew they were heavy but wouldn't have guessed that much.
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