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It was definitely grungy. I've done one wheel so far and you're right, it came apart easily. This is my second wheel and I was surprised at how stuck it was. I have a 3rd wheel that I'm going to do. No idea what will happen.

I hosted a beach party for my old unit this weekend. We parked my 5-ton and HMMWV at the beach with some unit memorabilia for nostalgia/trauma. Everyone thought it was great and had a good laugh.

Went a little overkill, but got the job done. A friend showed up for a weekend visit driving a semi tractor. He left his tank trailer at the company lot. His semi has a cow catcher/push bar on the front. We strapped the tire to the cow catcher and then I hooked a tow strap to a couple of bolt...

Mine is stuck good. Time to get creative.

Ok, so the half of the wheel must be "pulled" off as people do when they use an engine hoist. Cheeze and rice. How did military mechanics do it? I doubt the engine hoist method was approved procedure.

My bead breaker tool shipment was lost. I'm waiting for a refund. The M998 manual specifically says "Do not use a tire machine" on these wheels. Can a shop use the bead breaker part of the machine, only? I'm talking about just the hydraulic wedge that pushes the bead straight down, not using...

Just for fun, I went to Treadwright's web page the other day. All out of stock.

I don't have an engine hoist at the moment. I've seen that method.

What I'm saying, is that I'm the guy who spends $65 on LED headlights and gets stuck with the crappy counterfeits that die in a couple of months. I'm also the guy who spends over $200 on LED's... gets the counterfeits and they die in a couple of months. Sure, inexpensive LED's are out there...

Grr, I can't break the bead to remove the top half of the wheel. I'm ordering a bread breaker and spoons.

For those who really want to keep running the military run-flat insert (black, one-piece unit for radial tires), check out this easy install method:

Question: I know there's a bias tire run-flat and a radial tire run-flat. Is there also a radial tire run-flat that has an integrated spacer or is there always a separate spacer? If so, how can I identify it?

When I bought my truck, it came with the bias tires and wheels on them. I simply bought 12 bolt wheels with M/T's on them and ran them. I have a mix of earlier and later wheels hanging around the house. The reason I'm going through these machinations is because I discovered a nasty cut in the...

Aw, snap. I put a red O-ring in a wheel with no alignment hole a couple of years ago. How the heck is that thing still holding air? Thanks for the HPG reference.

Hi all, just to piggyback on this- Can someone please confirm that the RED o-rings are for wheels with a lower load rating that do NOT have the small hole (as seen in the photo above) and that the heavier rated wheels (with the hole) use a BLACK o-ring? Is this true, or internet rumor? Thanks.

Just an FYI on the halogen headlight upgrade: As usual with Chicom sourced parts, something didn't fit quite right. The outer rim of the of the glass headlight fixture is almost double the thickness of an old sealed beam headlight. This means that the glass fixture stands proud out of the...

Still good info. Thanks.

I've finally had it with overpaying for incandescent, sealed beam headlights and I've had it with them burning out. Per @simp5782's advice, I'm converting to H4 halogen headlights. I'm not interested in LED's because they're very expensive, there are too many counterfeits to sort through on...

Thank goodness someone is doing it.

I do envy his ability to simply wait a day or two for the ground to dry out and simply drive out of the hole. That doesn't happen here on the East Coast. Depending on the amount of rain, a mud hole may stay full of water for weeks or months.