From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Mon Mar 01 2004 - 18:57:02 PST
PJ:
I remember every customer.
You can certainly use the same bolts and lockwashers again. In the event
that you need new ones, or lose a couple, etc, just call and we'll send some
out. They are an oddball size (length) that is not readily available in most
local stores. (3.25" x 0.5" diameter, coarse thread, grade 8, black.)
If you wish to service the hubs, a light coating of wheel-bearing grease on
the sliding gears and cams is the only thing necessary. People usually do
this routinely when servicing the wheel bearings. DO NOT pack the hubs with
grease, as this will cause them not to work properly.
Remember to put a new coating of liquid gasket stuff on all the mating
surfaces (hubs and spacers)
APB
----- Original Message -----
From: "patrick jankowiak" <eccm@swbell.net>
To: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
Cc: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..
> I recall y'all were warm and cuddly when I bought something. But let
> me ask now, on the lockout hubs, they came with their own hub bolts
> and lockwashers. If I remove them for instance to re-grease the front
> bearings, do I need to use new lockwashers and or bolts when
> re-installing?
>
> Patrick
> M35A2 commo truck - DC to Daylight
>
>
>
> m35products wrote:
> >
> > WE all started out with good attitudes. Other people have helped us
> > fine-tune them over the years. Thanks for the personal improvement
advice.
> > Want to buy something? That makes us warm and cuddly.
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "chance wolf" <chance_wolf@shaw.ca>
> > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 12:55 PM
> > Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..
> >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
> > > To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 29, 2004 11:41 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [MV] Finally got one! But still wondering..
> > >
> > >
> > > > specified by TACOM for the Extended Service Program (ESP) that was
the
> > > > source of the M35A3 series. It is also in use by National Guard and
> > > Reserve
> > > > units in most states. Thousands of our systems are currently in use
by
> > our
> > > > government, and those of our allies.
> > >
> > > I learned something. I've only seen one or two M35A3s, and never
close
> > > enough to have a look at the steering components.
> > >
> > > > I am sorry that your friend's father's attempt to adapt a
> > junkyard-found,
> > > > commercial application (of which there are literally hundreds) to a
> > > specific
> > > > military one resulted in a "nightmare". Had he contacted the
factory,
> > or
> > > > us, at Inter Agency Motor Pool, we would have been pleased to have
> > gotten
> > > > him the appropriate M35-specific hardware and bracketry, assisted
in
> > the
> > > > adaptation, handed him his stuffed bear, tucked him in, and told him
> > that
> > > > everything would be OK in the morning.
> > >
> > > Yeah. Believe it or not, a version of that very conversation took
place,
> > but
> > > unfortunately since this fellow is both an ardent home-machinist with
more
> > > lathes than General Motors and 30 years of employment with Canada's
> > biggest
> > > airlines - he thought he'd Don Quixote his way through it one angle at
a
> > > time. Not my cup'o'tea, but...whatever pats your cat.
> > >
> > > > Please be assured that while I appreciate your (misguided)
willingness
> > to
> > > > advise our mutual friends on this forum, please also be assured that
our
> > > > company policy relies on total truthfulness, and any hint of
impropriety
> > > or
> > > > mistatements could mean the loss of not only business, but business
> > > > reputation, as well. Therefore, perhaps you would like to amend your
> > > remarks
> > > > publicly so that our potential customers are not misled, and so that
our
> > > > business integrity does not suffer any damages.
> > >
> > > Now, here's where you have to be careful not to be perceived as
bullying
> > > collectors. If there's anything I want clarification on from a
vendor -
> > I'm
> > > not going to hesitate to ask. Most companies I deal with do not
interpret
> > > those questions as slights or "hints of impropriety", and as you're in
a
> > > collectors' forum, you're going to get questions both informed and
> > > uninformed. If you're able to enlighten us all from position of
greater
> > > knowledge, by all means please do - as that is both the purpose of the
> > list
> > > and the nature of the hobby at large. Please don't sling veiled
threats
> > and
> > > suggest implied ulterior motives behind any of the above, because
you're
> > > doing neither yourself nor this forum any favours.
> > >
> > > I'd also work on that whole..tact..thing, because it's somewhat
> > inadvisable
> > > for a vendor to claim collectors are somehow "misguided" in sharing
their
> > > own experiences with a vehicle type for the benefit of all with no
profit
> > > motive either expressed or implied. I've done that for nearly 20
years.
> > > It's habit forming. If I'm wrong, I very much appreciate the
correction
> > > because the next time someone asks I'll have better information. That
too
> > > is the purpose of the hobby, and by extension, this very list.
> > >
> > > Business reputation has a great deal to do with product, honesty,
> > integrity
> > > and truthfulness. I'm glad that those appear to be hallmarks of your
own
> > > company. I would suggest perhaps "attitude" be next on the list when
the
> > > subject of future directions comes up at your next AGM.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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