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    Thoughts on rear air brake chamber assemblies

    My thoughts on taking a brake chamber a part is it's only a arms lengths from your face . I have repaired the type 30 chambers and when the spring is broken the tool won't go in straight and feels like it's pulling the spring with only one ear on the tool then I would take the clamp loose...
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    M200A1 Trailer Question

    Wheel bearing race # 7411377 wheel bearing # MS19081-112 nut #7411379 ( two each side ) lock for nuts #7411378 Don't forget wheel bearing grease
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    Dash Pad Replacement

    This is my 85 Chevrolet through the years I have had to replace more then a few times even covering with a dash mat nothing lasts more then a few years till I did this about 3 years a go and cover it with a dash mat because I just happen to have one .To get the foam off the metal brake clean...
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    Help me plan how to pull and replace my motor and trans I CHALLENGE you for Ideas!!!!

    I made this in high school in late 70's . vary handy to have around.
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    Towing a m818

    One year I drove my m52a2 with a m269 (wrecker low boy ) with m211 loaded on it and lost a piston .I hired a tow truck to haul it all home 25 miles $ 365 .I could have limped it to some where and parked it and use the m211 to tow the m52a2 home and then went back and picked up the trailer...
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    Locate paperclips Reproduction

    Try a shop that works on truck springs and they can bend them out of some bar stock or they may have some already made but they will have threads on them .
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    Pinion brakes

    I would like to see a better park brake on these trucks at least one that can be trusted to hold a loaded truck on a hill .
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    Torque rods kicking my butt

    rflegal thank you for offering the use of your press that was money well spent . would like to see your truck some time .
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    1941 GMC K18 lives again

    Is your engine a Chevrolet 235 or a GMC 270 ?
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    Torque rods kicking my butt

    Thinking out loud any way to get a u bolt around one of them to pull from or pry with some help .Maybe use a angle grinder and cut a grove to get a pry bar in .
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    Torque rods kicking my butt

    When replacing lower torque rods on a trailer and welding a chain and binder between the torque rod ends on the axle back the nuts off but leave them on tighten the binder and hit the mount the shock will free them when both are free take the nuts off .
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    What is this thing? Cable in M923 Cab.

    Maybe lock a rifle to it if you hang your rifle from the windshield thumb screw ?
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    Torque rods kicking my butt

    I have welded a few links of chain to them and used a binder to hold pressure on them and hit them with hammer .
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    Front leaf spring packs

    You might measure from the axle to the frame on both sides and compare that to what other members trucks are setting at . You may just need to add a leaf or two to each side to get the height you want . I added a few spring leafs to my M211 that I made into a tractor just so it set level .
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    Need Clearance radiator/grill to winch M135 M211

    Slip yoke on drive shaft to radiator shell 2 1/8 inches grease fitting is not under the shield .
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    Need Clearance radiator/grill to winch M135 M211

    I will check when I get home in the afternoon .
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    Need Clearance radiator/grill to winch M135 M211

    Is this even close to what you need ?
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    I found a M54A2 for sale, need advice

    Pictures of dash M52A2 with extras added . I repowered this truck with a non military Mack motor the A1 military trucks had Mack motors so I knew it would fit the block basically is the same size every thing that bolt to the sides bottom and front of the motor are different . The frame had to...
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    I found a M54A2 for sale, need advice

    Input shaft is 1 3/4 the transmission sits very close to the frame on the right side a wider transmission may not fit . bell housing is SAE# 2
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