Quickfarms

Oh. I thought this was about the trucks ATHS " own" or wanted to sell.....I left that organization after all the trouble they gave the message fourm participants and political issues.

I have never been able to log onto there forum

Looks like a war zone to me...

Looks like the high rent district with top notch construction in Mexico

Yep, the mechanical detach trailers have to have em, they have rollers on the front of the apron to help get you under the trailer. Sucks to do with camelback it is sooooooo much easier when you can dump the air ride and drop the truck 4".

Air bags are nice with a regular trailer too.

It is a common conversion on trucks with a spring suspension.

I am just finishing up one on a ford F800. We searched and found a rear clip with the same axle, better ratio, and where the new bolt holes would miss all of the old bolt holes by inches. We redrilled the old frame and bolted the suspension on. We did replace all the bushings in the process.

What ever you do you will be drilling a lot of 5/8" and or 3/4" holes in the frame. You will need a bucks drill, magnetic drill press, and plenty of drill bits.

If you keep the existing rear axle you will need to add the track arm bracket to the axle.

Have you tried lowering the tire air pressure?

Have you tried removing some leaves from the rear springs? Rust between the leaves causes them to ride a little stiffer.

There is a guy around here who has a flat bed on the back of his tractor made out of a trench plate to add some weight.

My other truck really rides a lot better with 5,000 lbs on the back.

I am going to have a flatbed for my little tractor. It will have a king pin under the bed to lock into the fifth wheel, container pin locks at the front, fork pockets at the back to make it easier to put on and off.

I have a 94 ranger with about 180 on the clock and it is still going strong. It is the perfect size vehicle for what I use it for.

I wish that ford would sell the 4 door ranger in the US.

A few years ago I saw a V8 powered one on the freeway and a week later my commercial dealer called me to ask if we were looking for any vehicles and I told him to find me one, but he could not.

Sad

It feels like summer out here.

It is 20 degrees above normal.

Does the kit come with a shifting monkey?

Use your tach, speedometer and GPS to determine which axle appears to have the correct ratio. Them look a the other axle to see if there is any evidence that it has been apart or open it up and check.

Probably one was replaced at some point in its life and the case is not stamped correctly.

We always match parts and do not assume that the VIN or tag is correct.

Let's try the pictures again

I received an email about

Just passing it along

Crystal Truck Parts Dearborn MI 48126 Ph-800-336-3348 313-584-8008

Usedtruckparts@sbcglobal.net Fax-313-584-7196 Isidor

For Sale:

chain drive Mack tow truck - needs work - $3000

Similar but not the same truck

If I remember correctly the case is about 2 feet long

Excellent video. The cast and crew from IRT should watch this and take notes on how to produce a quality show without all the unneccessary BS.

What you do not like the soap opera drama.

To think that they need to be able to drive and fill out a log book correctly or not run out of fuel!

Based in the information I gave been able to find the Spicer Auxiliary Transmission Model Number means

First two digits max torque times 10

Third digit is the number of gears

Last digit is the case

1 cast

0 aluminum

I hope this helps.

On my truck they were complaining on some oil vapor coming out of the slober tube! That is what it is for, am I correct?

This was the result if the last time that I had a run in with them.

That is after about an hour and a half of them thoroughly inspecting, and drooling over, the truck.

We did not find any chunks in the case.

The axle is a Metitor RS23-160 with the driver controlled differential lock. It looks like the previous owner engaged the lock while the truck was still moving. We found metal in the magnets in the bottom of the axle housing and the ends of the locking splines are rounded off.

Is this an issue or is it common with this type of air locker?

Before you get to deep into the brakes. Have your mechanic pull all the axles and both centers out so they can be inspected and you can determine how bad the damage is. If the damage is real bad it might be better just to swap the axles.

Don

What engine are you running and what is the maximum torque?

I know where there are three 8341's and a 7041.

How are you planning on mounting it?

The box is almost 2 feet long then you add the length of the drive shaft and work to get it mounted and the shifter working it becomes a project.

I was going to do the same thing but decided to convert my MT643 to a MT653, this added an additional granny gear, and change the rear axle gear ratio to effectively give me a .80 overdrive.

Actually the new gears came with a rear frame clip I bought for the air ride suspension.

New pipe plus a length of radiator hose wrapped around it at the chafing point???

My thought exactly

The original one