Deuce Tips and Tricks!

[Longhunter7]

This will be a place to post tips and tricks pertaining to the M35A2's, M109A2's and other variations of the M44 series trucks!

The following is from a friend who is very familiar with the 2 1/2 ton truck!

How to remove the dual wheels and the hub as an assembly!

Supplies:

GAA (grease)

1/2"- 3/4" plywood, 4X8 sheet or whatever size is available!

Normal tools for the job at hand, and a bearing socket!

Proceedure:

Jack up the side or axle that needs repair just enough to allow room to slide the plywood under the duals!

Grease half the center portion of the plywood with GAA (grease), in the area that would make contact with the tires when sliding them out!

Insert greased plywood centered under the duals!

Remove axle shaft and bearing nuts!

Pull wheel assembly out and away from the truck!

Weight of assembly will rest on greased plywood, allowing it to be pulled from truck!

Plywood can be pulled away from truck with the wheel assembly on it, or the wheel can be rolled off the plywood!

WARNING, WARNING, WARNING!

Be very careful NOT to tip the wheel assembly at an angle that will allow the the hub to drag on the end of the axle housing!

THAT WILL DESTROY THE THREADS ON THE END OF THE AXLE HOUSING FOR THE BEARING NUTS!

Reverse the proceedure for re-installation, being CAREFUL not to drag the hub on the housing when re-installing it!

This proceedure will also work on a smooth shop floor if you don't have a wheel lift!









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Longhunter7 out!
MVPA #23952
72 AM GENERAL M35A2C w/w

 

[da_sgt]

Looks like a great forum Longhunter7!

I had to pull my duals and axle to replace a seal and some bad Budd studs, I did it the old fashion way, a case of beer, a BFH, gas ax, and lots of muscle! The plywood thing sounds like a good idea, but I don't know about the grease part, kinda messy.I think next time I will just weld up some angle iron and caster to do the same thing.

da_sgt

1962 Dodge M43 Ambulance
1969 Kaiser M35A2 WO/W
M105A1 1 1/2 ton Trailer

 

[Longhunter7]

Sarge!

I should have made clear that this was meant to be used out in the field, (COMBAT), or on the side of the road! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_evil.gif" alt="Evil">

If you have access to better equipment and methods, by all means use them! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif" alt="Big Smile">

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Longhunter7 out!
MVPA #23952
72 AM GENERAL M35A2C w/w

 

[da_sgt]

LH7
That makes more sense to me now <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif" alt="Big Smile">.
Keep the "TIPS & TRICKS" coming!! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_approve.gif" alt="Approve">

1962 Dodge M43 Ambulance
1969 Kaiser M35A2 WO/W
M105A1 1 1/2 ton Trailer

 

[ironhorsethegeneral]

Here is another time saver tip: When my husband and I replaced inner axle seals he uses a pvc pipe the same diameter of the seal long enough to go over axel end and a nice firm 2x4 over the end and taps in with a hammer. And they go on nice and evenly and quickly.

 

[da_sgt]

ironhorsethegeneral,

Wish I new that one about 30 years ago <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_big.gif" alt="Big Smile"> ! When I was a kid I used a screwdriver & hammer on my seals <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_blush.gif" alt="Blush">, wondered why they still leaked <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_shock.gif" alt="Shock">.When I did my deuce, my local NAPA guy had all the seal installation tools that I needed, and he loans them out FREE <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_approve.gif" alt="Approve"><img src="emoticons/icon_smile_approve.gif" alt="Approve">


da_sgt

1962 Dodge M43 Ambulance
1969 Kaiser M35A2 WO/W
M105A1 1 1/2 ton Trailer

 

[Longhunter7]

Safety Tip!

I wanted more visibility for the rear of my Deuce! I also wanted to keep the Military look of the truck!

Here is what I came up with!

First I went out to a truck parts supplier, and purchased a reflective strip kit for semi-trailers, (alternating red and silver)

Then I found "flexable magnetic stripping", 1.5" wide, 1/8" thick, available in 5', 10', or 20' lengths, 24 lbs holding power per lin. ft. $1.29 per foot! McMaster-Carr Supply Company

Measure the total length of the reflective strips, and order the magnetic stripping!

The reflective stripping is then applied to the magnetic stripping.

Then it can be placed on the rear of the truck, and removed when you want to display the Deuce! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_cool.gif" alt="Cool">







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Longhunter7 out!
MVPA #23952
72 AM GENERAL M35A2C w/w

 

[pair-a-deuces]

today was the first nice day that I have had since november. I used it to switch out non-working door handles and mechanisms. this job is not the easiest for someone with large forearms! I used a towel to help prevent my arm from getting cut by the metal of the access panel. and make sure you place pressure on the inside handle mechanism as you wiggle the catch past the window channel. I may be easier to just replace the doors. Tommorow stats the body work on truck # 2 I will let you know how it goes.

 

[Longhunter7]

SS members!

How to prevent having to replace blown axle seals!

Remove and clean the axle vents!

Keep them from getting dirty and clogged up!

On a road trip, it can create enough pressure to pop the seals! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_evil.gif" alt="Evil">

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Longhunter7 out!
MVPA #23952
72 AM GENERAL M35A2C w/w
Illinois, U.S.A.

 

[Desert Rat]

SS People;
To help extend the life of the heads, guides, rockers and so on add a tablespoon of Marvel Mystery Oil to the crankcase. Dad did it for his 16 trucks. We never had to pull a head. Plus some of his trucks had 1.4 to 1.6 million miles on them before he traded! My two trucks had 1.1 and 1.35 million before I sold them! Usually Wal-Mart has it the cheapest. It sure beats having to replace a head gasket or worse!

Desert Rat

1967 Kaiser M35A2 wo/w..er now M109A2&1/2?<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_wink.gif" alt="Wink">
1953 Fruehauf M105A2
(2) 1998 Ford Interceptors
And the list goes on and on and.....
Southwest Indiana<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_tongue.gif" alt="Tongue">

 

[jeepthrills]

DR!
Cant you add up to a quart for MMO if your crankcase holds 10 qts or more?

Just seems to me that a tablespoon would get lost in 22 Qts of oil. Know what I mean? Just a thought.

 

[Desert Rat]

Wiper blades Anco 25-11 are available with an adapter kit from AutoZone. You need to remove the curved tip of the arm to allow the adapter kit to work. $10.50 or so for both blades and you're rolling!

 

[Longhunter7]

DR!

How long are the blades?

Are they the longest that will work on the windshield?

Thanks for pumping some life into this section of the Forum! <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_cool.gif" alt="Cool">

 

[Desert Rat]

LH;
They are 11 inch blades. They are the smallest blades available that will fit on the Deuce. If I could locate 10 inch blades I would use them too. However, no civy 10 inch blades are available from Anco that I'm aware of.

 

[ironhorsethegeneral]

We bought our kit from Napa. It included an adapter and then a wiper arm with a stronger spring tension which allows us to use other wiper blades. And they really stick to the glass.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Ironhorse, got numbers for the stuff you used?

 

[ironhorsethegeneral]

The kit we used was for early jeep not sure what year but the part numbers that are in the kit are 60-750 60-751 60-725 60-730 60-733 60-731 60-732. We used the part number 60-750. It had an adapter that fit over the original shaft then a special nut screwed down into it to hold adapter in place. The the wiper arm fitted over the whole assembly and snapped in place. The arm is adjustable in length. The wiper blades as there are several different types that will fit as they are universal in different applications. Some of the blades are adjustable as they will shift from the center to make longer or shorter so they will not hit the edge of the windshield. Hope this helps as we are looking at the instruction sheet because we can not find the box. Sorry.

 

[big mike]

heres one for the people installing or removing front mounted winches. cut a 1/2 or smaller thickness piece of plywood to cover up the bottom half of your radiator. it acts as a gaurd when installing or removing the winch. and since the winch has to be removed for you to be able to remove the radiator, even those of you who already have winches may need to use this trick some day.
i didnt have this in place when installing my winch and now my radiator is in the shop gettin fixed$$$<img src="emoticons/icon_smile_sad.gif" alt="Sad">

 

[outlaw]

I put a new radiator in mine and didnt have to take the winch off

 

[big mike]

i couldnt lift mine out cause the fan was in the way. to take off my fan i had to lean the radiator forward. it hits the cable guard plate on the back of the winch. the sharp edges on the plate is what cracked my old radiator open. after spending the loot on a new radiator, the extra work takin the winch off dont seem all that bad