Re: [MV] 5-Ton Air Brake Conversion

The guy's name is Chuck Otto and he used to work for a supply
company called Wheco. He left a while back and just does the
military truck stuff on his own. I used to get parts from him through
Wheco and he seemed very knowledgable and helpful.

Jon



On 20 Dec 2004, at 18:04, m35products wrote:
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> Mark:
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> [url]http://www.militarytruckparts.com/airbrakes.html[/url]
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> 73, apb
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark J. Blair, NF6X" <nf6x@nf6x.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 5:17 PM
> Subject: [MV] 5-Ton Air Brake Conversion
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> > I've often contemplated replacing the brakes on my M543A2 5-ton wrecker
> > with conventional air brakes and spring parking brakes. I don't entirely
> > trust that single parking brake on a little ol' deuce, and I think it's
> > really inadequate on a 34,000 pound truck in hilly terrain, even if it's
> > in good shape and properly adjusted.
> >
> > Do any of y'all happen to know if there are any standard, off-the-shelf
> > air brake components that would bolt on to the axles and hubs in place
> > of the hydraulic brake backing plates? I just don't have the experience
> > with civilian trucks to know whether the axles and hubs are unusual, or
> > have common bolt patterns and dimensions that are compatible with parts
> > for common civvy trucks.
> >
> > --
> > Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x@nf6x.net>
> > Web page: [url]http://www.qsl.net/nf6x/[/url]
> > GnuPG public key available from my web page.
> >
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