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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Whoever wrote the book didn't count the teeth.
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    The hub reduction isn't 2:1 it's 1.71:1.
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    Caiman mrap aluminum rims

    The best way..
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    Caiman mrap aluminum rims

    Well they are not machined. They are a forging, not milled from a block of aluminium. The center hole and nut holes are machined, but those are also machined on the steel wheels as well. They aren't perfectly balanced, and when you add 2 pounds of CTIS equipment on one side of the wheel and a...
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    Geared hub in progress.

    That dent in the gear looks like a needle bearing was crushed between the gear and the thrust pad.
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    I am back even though I never really left

    It appears to have been green at one point in it's life.
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    Caiman mrap aluminum rims

    Not true, steel wheels can be balanced. The trick is to start with a steel wheel that is straight first. Most aluminium wheels have seen little use, whereas the steelies have been well used.
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    wheels m-1088

    approx 50 lbs is the weight difference between steel/aluminium.
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    Caiman mrap aluminum rims

    They are lower in weight by about 50 lbs. Stronger as well.
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    Meritor part number B416561
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    Anyone have the cab heater randomly work/not work?

    This only applies to the 2nd gen electrical system.
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    A1P2 and beyond ... rear axle mount pics

    They are ductile iron and require special processes to weld.
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    A1P2 and beyond ... rear axle mount pics

    I don't know what the deal is with the two pictures. The 3rd picture is a 2010 M1078A1P2, and the other is my personal 2005 M1084A1.
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    A1P2 and beyond ... rear axle mount pics

    why not use a center axle 3rd member in the rear axle of the 4X4? Why are you changing axles?
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    is this normal??

    You probably have much greater issues...
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    A1P2 and beyond ... rear axle mount pics

    The axle tubes are different. There is a pad cast into the A1's for the leaf springs... The 6X6 has a different setup.
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    A1P2 and beyond ... rear axle mount pics

    The A1's after 2007 have that rear axle. The P2 is specifically the up armored version.
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    I think I want one of these FMTV

    No cab bags, I do have the upper cab mount, the lower one I have to make from a boat trailer bumper.
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    FMTV High Speed Gears

    I'd wager 5-6mpg..
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    I think I want one of these FMTV

    Tburk why do trucks up there go for a premium? Does the logging industry use them?
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