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  1. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Just thinking,..........If I had a set of four I could move the truck if I had air pressure issues. Say have a big 4 wheel drive backhoe towing and a bulldozer on the other end keeping it from running away out of control say to get it to a place to work on it. Just hypothetical.
  2. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Sore muscles keeping me awake. Today I'm going to try and arrange shipping to Maine. Had a quote of $1150 to move it. You might say, "Why not drive it?" What it would cost me for insurance combined with a temp. registration and the risk of break down a long way from home,,,,,,,,, Several...
  3. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Fortunate for me I was friendly with a mechanic who worked at the same company as me like 20 years ago. I called him up. He gave me a cage bolt and loaned me the special tool to separate the inside and outside nuts and a 3/4 drive wrench and sockets. I never would of gotten it done if it...
  4. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    The corrosion is bad. I'm not sure if I could even get a socket on those bolts. Today I pulled off the wheels and beat the drum. In the end it work but I had not realized what I was in for with the bud wheels. 9 out of ten of the inside and outside nuts seized and I unseated one of the...
  5. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Thank you,......I saved the info.
  6. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Thank you 98G. Should I beat on the outside of the brake drum with the wheels removed.? I don't see how I could beat on the shoes.
  7. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    In as I don't believe I will be able to remove the cage bolt from it's storage sleeve will a cage bolt from a commercial truck parts store work in the military brake system? Are they standard sizes?
  8. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Thank you for the heads up about the spring tension in the chamber (part 2). I will leave the band clamp alone on this project unless I have a cage bolt properly installed.
  9. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Why thank you Mull. I found the blue plug painted green. Removed. Looks like I should of rotated it 90 degrees. It's a little messed up but it will still work. I didn't know what you meant by cage bold but figured that out. The cage bolt nut is seized. I sprayed it with Kroil and abused...
  10. J

    1983 M-923 Brake stuck

    Hello, I bought a 1983 AM General M-923 in 2018. Well long story short, it has been sitting. Just put a windshield and power steering lines in it. Thought I was good to go,....NOT. The rear driver's side brake will not release. I tried pulling on pavement and going a few inches forward, a...
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