From: Stu Ellis (stuellis@attbi.com)
Date: Thu Aug 29 2002 - 08:04:03 PDT
Couldn't you just put a brake booster in the truck?
Stu
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die"
MVPA #14790 MVMVC
1967 M151A1 Army Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rojoha@attbi.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Off Topic Posts/M715 brakes
> This is the link for the M715 disc brake kit from Helicoil. Looks like it
> will run you close to a grand ( by the time you get done) with shipping
your
> hubs to them and then paying the shipping back to you and buying the not
> included calipers, but they do the assembly and pressing of the rotors on
> your hubs. You have to find in a junkyard or buy at a parts store the
> required calipers. As someone pointed out to me there is a possible
> clearance problem between the caliper and the knuckle of the axle which
> requires basic meat ball mechanic solutions. This is pointed out on the
> above link, but seems a little bit buried 3/4 of the way down the page.
> Also, the kit is just for the fronts. But it's GOTTA improve the
> breaking. I have a 715 sitting in the garage that will someday be worked
on
> and I think is a serious candidate for this kit. I used to drive an M725
for
> CAP ( 20 years ago) and we would load 8-10 cadets plus their gear and then
> fill all the under seat compartments with gear and a small generator. It
> didn't accelerate worth a damn nor was there anything BUT panic stops when
> you stepped on the ineffective brakes, especially when in convoy with 10
or
> 12 other M725s in hilly New England. Can't imagine how much fun it must
have
> been to drive the contact maint. version or a 715 with a fully loaded 101
> trailer in tow.
>
> Ronzo
>
>
>
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