From: Steve & Jeanne Keith (cckw@attbi.com)
Date: Mon Mar 10 2003 - 18:39:49 PST
See my note on that.
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Cole" <DavidCole@tk7.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 lockout hubs installed - fuel savings?
> I was more worried about traction loss - which is the better axle to
> disable, the front or the rear of the tandem. Seems at first glance that
> the front might be better to disable than the rear. I don't have lockers
> in either of my axles. It sure would be nice to have a lockable coupling
> in the interaxle drive shaft.
>
> Opinions?
>
> Dave
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:20:25 -0500, Bjorn Brandstedt
> <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > David,
> > For the purpose of eliminating any drag between the two rear axles, it
> > doesn't matter which axle/flange is replaced with a blank.
> > Bjorn
> >
> >
> >> From: David Cole <DavidCole@tk7.net>
> >> To: <mil-veh@mil-veh.org> (Military Vehicles Mailing List)
> >> Subject: Re: [MV] M35 lockout hubs installed - fuel savings?
> >> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:15:04 -0500
> >>
> >> Which axle would you remove? One from the front rear or one from the
> >> rear-rear?
> >>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 13:29:35 EST, <Recovry4x4@aol.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> You can net the same results here by removing one axle shaft. Same
> >>> number of bolts but no nuts and no crawling under the truck. I carry a
> >>> small bowl to catch the little bit of gear oil that drips out. Once
> >>> done removing or installing the shaft I dump the gear oil (maybe an
> >>> ounce) into the fuel tank. Laugh if you will, Ive been doing it for
> >>> decades with big trucks without any problems. I do use a front drive
> >>> flange as a cover when the shaft is removed.
> >>>
> >>> In a message dated 3/7/03 1:08:11 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> >>> mgmv@auroragroup.co.uk writes:
> >>>
> >>>> If you are looking for major fuel savings for a long journey on
> >>>> highway
> >>>> roads then you can simply unbolt the rear prop shaft between the two
> >>>> rear axels so that it is only driving the middle axel. This can make
> >>>> massive fuel savings, but is only worth doing for long highway
> >>>> journeys.
> >>>
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> >>
> >>
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