I took my M35A2 out yesterday to help out with a CAP training exercise.
On the way home I pulled what I think of as a perfect run.
From the site of the training, about 15 miles from home, back to the meeting
hall and home, I used the brakes only to come to a full stop and shift into
first gear.
I patterned the driving to use the gears completely for speed control, and
never hit the brakes above 5mph.
I do this in the M38 also, although the Honda Civic is geared wrong for this
to work well I do it with that also.
In using old equipment this practice can well save your life if it is habit.
Rikk Rogers - RK Lion LTD.
(580)762-3157 rkltd@swbell.net
http://home.swbell.net/rkltd/
-M35A2- -M38- MVPA -22345-
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Jim Winne
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 8:09 PM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Brake idea
Hi Kenny and list,
As a somewhat related incident, I had a wheel cylinder push rod fracture on
the front left wheel of my M-715 once. I was 10 miles away from home and
had always thought that it would be a disaster if something like this
happened. I found out quickly that the truck downshifted easily and I
could get the speed down to about 5 MPH very quickly and could ease to a
stop from there with the driveline brake. I managed to not only get home
through traffic, but drive it to the brake shop for repair (I didn't know
it was a wheel cylinder at the time). I realize that the whole problem
gets more complicated with an airpack and an automatic tranny as well as a
lot more truck. Good luck with the problem, I hope y'all figure something
our to make it a little less scarry.
best regards,
Jim (KB4IVH)
MVPA# 17216
At 10:07 09/15/2001 -0400, Recovry4x4@aol.com wrote:
>I think the limiting factor, as far as the M35 goes, is the air
pack/booster.
> It has a single inlet and outlet. If you split this system and send one
>line around the booster, you will eliminate power brakes on the one axle.
>Remember that splitting the system,in itself wont work. Both lines need to
>run through a pressure differential switch which senses the loss of
pressure
>in that side and closes that side of the system. Even if you were to run 2
>complete and separate brake systems you would still have to engineer a
brake
>bias adjustment system. In separate systems a link between the separate
>systems is used and the pedal attached to it. Serious considerations need
to
>be made before reengineering a brake system. Just as a hint to all, with
this
>single system, make sure your driveline brake is in top notch condition. It
>can be really useful in a crisis brake failure and properly maintained and
>adjusted can be quite effective.
>
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