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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    I don't, aside from being spiders suitable for 16.5x7 series Q brakes. There is an outside chance that I have pictures on an old phone or hard drive, but the effort to explore that angle is months out, driven by a household desire to put together a file server, and we haven't even decided on a...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    This is very intriguing, and something I did not consider. After all, most of my 4wd projects have had a front tie rod! To be sure, I strongly, strongly doubt that I will undertake this project, especially with the extreme effort involved in tearing everything down and moreover because I prefer...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    Here are the pics I discussed. First one shows notching of the web on the steering knuckle. Minor, but it needed to be done. I used a grinder, which was both the easiest and expeditious, and also left a curved gouge, which should not create too much of a stress riser. The next picture shows...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    :) I come on from time to time. I have been pretty busy with life and involved in other projects, including two other project vehicles. That said, the franken sheetmetal on this build is starting to bug me aesthetically, and I finally have (or at least think I have) the bandwidth to replace it...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    I wish I were as diligent or clean as you were. Sadly, I don't have anything as rigorous as what you've done. I don't even think I took any pictures. I recall doing the following: - First off, I had already flipped my axle housing around, which put the tie rod in the front. I had done this when...
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    M809-series (M818) Air Brake Retrofit

    Very nice work. By the way, I was able to make S-cam brakes work on the front of the 5 ton by slightly clocking the spindle bolt pattern on the spiders, along with some other light mods. It took me a solid week of work to fit everything up (and countless times of deadlifting the hub/drum combo...
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