Recent content by Kaz

My issue was customer service people consistently contradicting the previous person I'd talked to and much of what they told me being incorrect completely (some of which I found out on my own the hard way). When I tell people who ask me about my HMMWV purchase one of the things I tell them is to...

Well I think I've gotten the original question answered but now I've got a new one. I just used feeler gauges under the old retainer and measured them. It originally had shims equaling .045 in it, but now it's measureing .14-something and bottomed out. I didn't remove anything else so I don't...

An excellent question I should have realized I needed to answer before it got asked. The half shaft going into the geared hub. Is it in one of the manuals in the TM section or am I just not good at searching them?

Anyone know where in the manual it gives the procedure for determining how many shims to use in the input seal retainer? Closest I saw was how to install a new seal in the old retainer. I ended up with a new retainer as well and I'm not 100% sure the same spacing will work. Or will it still be...

The threaded shaft. I don't think I've heard the correct term for it, but it's stuck in part 6 in the graphic. Right now the best I can think of is to pull the whole thing off, take it to the shop, heat it, and try hammering it out again. I'm hoping someone here is an actual mechanic with a...

Anyone got advice on removing the front upper ball joints? I've got one stuck and my air hammer just scarred things up (it's a harbor freight joke though, I'm planning on borrowing a decent one). Thanks.

Nice. Congrats and welcome to the HMMWV world.

I don't know if you've got a route chosen, but I did a little search on Mapquest. For about the same amount of time on the road as the suggested route, you can swing by Forbes Field in Topeka, KS. I've been to two places there I can say are pretty cool. The Combat Air Museum and Museum of The...

I want my HMMWV and a HEMTT. Practicality is boring. That's what they make the Focus for.

Just a cool factor? Isn't the way they're spoken about in hushed tones indicative of just how great they are? Only the uninformed will stand there like Ace Ventura whenever someone says "Shikaka" and everyone else kneels. :p

Mine will be coming from Montana. Unless they stopped doing them after starting mine and before now.

I wonder if some of those mods push the weight capacity as much as they look. lol I've welded with doubled up shades before (there are no shop supplied masks at work, I don't normally do any welding, and the guy who ususally loans me his was gone; I'm not just a nimrod) and it didn't work worth...

I need to get mine finished up and join in. Thanks for sharing, guys. Neat stuff. I saw your vid a while back. lol Looks like you had a good time.

Awesome. Fellow HMMWV owner here. I wouldn't mind a couple pics to see how it's set up either.

I've seen more projects put in the way for an indefinite period of time (jokingly justified as "so I don't forget about it") than finished projects. I like your way of thinking. lol