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Picked up a deuce from san antonio last week. It's in good shape, except the middle axle is about 1.5 inches moved over to the right. Causing excessive wear on the tires and I assume everything else inside the axle housing. What's the best way to fix this? One idea I had was to back the...

unnecessary wear on the clutch I think

I think I figured out the problem with mine. Took it over to a diesel mechanic and he listened to it. Said it was road noise from the tires. Because the rears are fairly worn. And worn unevenly. I drove it some more and concurred. Looked the truck over a bit more carefully and it turns...

Did you put any teflon paint or tape on the threads of new valves?

Wish I'd known. I was at the Ft Sam lot wednesday picking my deuce up... I could have given yours a quick once-over too...

I wouldn't worry about it. As others have said, these trucks leak air. That slow of a leak isn't going to cause any problems when you're driving down the road. For ease of draining the tanks, you can install a remote valve. It's basically a valve that's normally closed with a string or wire...

I can attest that the vent on the MC cap being stuck can cause no brakes. Just picked one up and with vent out, brakes were fine. Vent in, brakes went almost to the floor. Vent is stuck.

I don't know. Not knowing just HOW clean oil gets after centrifuging is the primary obstacle to me shelling out the cash for one.

I've found that accidentally leaving the turn signal activated on the highway causes people to pass you a little more carefully.

Oh, I didn't even think about the brakes. And I did do some brake work on the truck before I headed off the lot. Bled the brakes and and took the breather vent out of the MC cap because it was plugged. If it was sitting for a long time, I guess some of the WCs could have been stuck.

This might need a separate thread... but my question is this: How are people testing their cleaned WMO before they pour it into their fuel tank? Is there a lab that you could send a sample off to for testing? Or is there some method that an individual could use to get a reasonably accurate...

I did not check the T-case yet. Will do that before I head over to the mech. The thing that makes me think it's something in the axles is that the hubs were kind of hot. Not SUPER hot, but hotter than they should have been. I did not think to feel the center/pumpkins tho. If that part is...

Ok, checked again in daylight. Used a metal magnet wand. No appreciable amount of shavings in either axle. Checked the transmission case too with same result. There's a diesel mechanic down the road about 30 miles who said he might be able to listen to it and look at it on saturday. Would...

I think it's got to be something related to power transmission (differential, t-case, transmission) because at least in my case, the noise happens when your foot is on the gas (at or above 40 mph) and goes away when you take your foot off the gas. If it was the wheel bearings, I would think the...

I don't know, but I'm having the exact same issue.

okay, just went out and checked the two rear axles. both had dark green gear oil in them to the proper levels. both appeared to have lot of little bubbles in the fluid. At first I thought it was metal shavings, but on closer inspection, I think it's just bubbles. However, the middle one did...

Well, I do have one complete rear axle leftover from a truck I parted out awhile back. What should I look for? Should I take the axle shafts out and check the splines?

oh. Yeah, I felt the hubs after I got back. The rears were kinda hot. Couldn't hold a hand to them for more than a second. 110 mile trip. The fronts were only warmish.

How do I check for a boost leak... chunk of wha?

I didn't get it up to 55. I kept around 45 mph the whole way back since it was a recovery trip. 50 MPH it had the jet engine scream, slightly higher pitch than at 45.