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Whoever wrote the book didn't count the teeth.

The hub reduction isn't 2:1 it's 1.71:1.

The best way..

Well they are not machined. They are a forging, not milled from a block of aluminium. The center hole and nut holes are machined, but those are also machined on the steel wheels as well. They aren't perfectly balanced, and when you add 2 pounds of CTIS equipment on one side of the wheel and a...

That dent in the gear looks like a needle bearing was crushed between the gear and the thrust pad.

It appears to have been green at one point in it's life.

Not true, steel wheels can be balanced. The trick is to start with a steel wheel that is straight first. Most aluminium wheels have seen little use, whereas the steelies have been well used.

approx 50 lbs is the weight difference between steel/aluminium.

They are lower in weight by about 50 lbs. Stronger as well.

Meritor part number B416561

This only applies to the 2nd gen electrical system.

They are ductile iron and require special processes to weld.

I don't know what the deal is with the two pictures. The 3rd picture is a 2010 M1078A1P2, and the other is my personal 2005 M1084A1.

why not use a center axle 3rd member in the rear axle of the 4X4? Why are you changing axles?

You probably have much greater issues...

The axle tubes are different. There is a pad cast into the A1's for the leaf springs... The 6X6 has a different setup.

The A1's after 2007 have that rear axle. The P2 is specifically the up armored version.

No cab bags, I do have the upper cab mount, the lower one I have to make from a boat trailer bumper.

I'd wager 5-6mpg..

Tburk why do trucks up there go for a premium? Does the logging industry use them?