From: jatonka (jatonka@telenet.net)
Date: Tue Aug 02 2005 - 18:41:08 PDT
This pinion brake thing got started because I added one to my modified
M35A-2 that I have named an XM35-A4 just because I did. I put the pinion
brake on just because the truck wouldn't stop well enough to make me happy.
It is 3000# lighter but it has 0ne less axle and a whole lot bigger and
heavier tires that are rolling with a lot of kinetic energy(for you
scientific types) when I am truing not to run over something that just
popped into my path. The pinion brake works perfect for me. I don't know
much about anything, but I know a little about a lot of things. Thanks, John
Tennis
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Strangfeld" <mjstrangfeld@yahoo.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] M35 series brakes-pinion brake
> Bjorn,
>
> Thanks for mentioning your concerns. I don't think
> they are serious enough to keep me from experimenting
> with it but it did make me think it over more. I
> would think some sort of proportioning valve should be
> used to adjust and/or restrict flow during slippery
> conditions, I think the trick would be to place this
> control in the cab.
>
> Arthur,
>
> I get a kick out of your posts. You are one
> interesting fellow.
>
>
> Marc
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > I believe in an educated customer.
> > I will continue to provide information that is as
> > accurate as possible based
> > on my own experiences and research.
> >
> > Check ALL my posts and articles in the MVM, be it
> > about biodiesel, coolant
> > filters, crankcase breather filter, turn signal
> > buzzer, headlight switch
> > bypass/override circuits, vertical engine air
> > intake, exhaust brake, NDCC
> > tire wet pavement traction, accurate mpg
> > measurements, engine cooling
> > problems (radiator cover), bikini top advantages,
> > flame heater monitor,
> > pyro/ boost gauges, off-road driving with and
> > without chains, tire
> > temperatures and pressure changes due to loading and
> > speed..etc. The list
> > goes on.
> >
> > Sorry Arthur if it hurts your sales, it's not my
> > intention. When you bring
> > up a subject on this list for discussion (or is it
> > just for selling one of
> > your products) expect responses both pros and cons.
> >
> > I would think that my info could help you make a
> > better product.
> >
> > Like Thomas A. Edison said "There is always a way to
> > do it better...find
> > it".
> > A good way to find it, is by looking at exactly the
> > kind of info that others
> > and I present to this list free of charge, no less.
> >
> > Disc brakes and drum brakes have different braking
> > characterics, how will
> > you match them?
> >
> > I learned about drive line braking when I installed
> > the exhaust brake on my
> > deuce.
> > Read about it, they can be dangerous if not used
> > correctly.
> >
> > About my 24 to 12 volt converter, you will soon see
> > a "Point of Load" power
> > supply that is rugged and waterproof that can be
> > used for individual
> > components, from light to cb radios.
> >
> > Have a great day!
> >
> > Bjorn
> > MVPA19212
> > The Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: m35products <m35prod@optonline.net>
> > >To: Bjorn Brandstedt <super_deuce@hotmail.com>,
> > Military Vehicles Mailing
> > >List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 series brakes-pinion brake
> > >Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 11:03:19 -0400
> > >
> > >Once again, a reader just doesn't seem to
> > understand the concept of "if you
> > >can't something nice, don't say anything."
> > >
> > >Immediately upon my mentioning our new product,
> > Bjorn feels the need to
> > >jump
> > >right in and start the dis-information program.
> > Bjorn, have you driven an
> > >M35 with a pinion brake? Would you like one, on
> > approval, to evaluate? Just
> > >ask. My policy has always been "send it back if you
> > don't like it."
> > >
> > >I am in business (hobby, actually, according to my
> > wife and the accountant)
> > >to help owners of M35 trucks enjoy their vehicles,
> > and to enjoy them
> > >safely.
> > >The pinion brake concept (not mine... I must credit
> > John Tennis, in fact,
> > >for the M35 application) is an accessory brake, not
> > designed to replace
> > >service or parking brakes. It does, however, add
> > considerable braking
> > >ability to the service brake system, with no fancy
> > extra equipment. It
> > >simply TEE's into the service line at the rear
> > axle, and bolts to the the
> > >rear output flange thingie. The trucks will stop,
> > and decisively. In
> > >response to your assertion that driveline braking
> > is inferior to wheel
> > >braking - it's not a contest, it's an improvement.
> > Let's allow my
> > >customers to see for themselves, shall we?
> > >
> > >My policy is simple. The customer drives the
> > business. Naysayers do not.
> > >There is always the manly-man who says that only a
> > girly-man would need
> > >power steering. I see by my saved messages that
> > you, Bjorn, have made that
> > >public assertion several times over the years.
> > TACOM disagrees. There is
> > >always the shade tree mechanic who would take $100
> > worth of drive flanges,
> > >and spend 4 hours of his valuable time, making fake
> > lockout hubs, (with
> > >superfluous bearings, in fact) rather than cough
> > up the $ for a real set.
> > >There is a whole public thread about that concept,
> > too, and it all seems to
> > >be in your handwriting.
> > >
> > >Now, we hear all the reasons why NOT to buy a
> > pinion brake. Bjorn, please,
> > >just let me try to make a few bucks here, OK? (the
> > margin is around $20 for
> > >each one.)
> > >
> > >Did I badmouth your 12-volt to 24-volt taillight
> > blackbox project? No. Even
> > >though I could think of lots of reasons not to go
> > that route, I even
> > >offered
> > >to help you market them.
> > >
> > >Thank you, Bjorn, for once again giving me the
> > opportunity to get some free
> > >publicity, by perpetuating your constant program of
> > knocking down every
> > >product that I have introduced. Go find something
> > useful to do with your
> > >spare time, rather than criticizing me. I hear
> > there's a war on. Maybe you
> > >could knit some bandages with the rest of the
> > girls.
> > >
> > >APB
> > >www.M35products.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Bjorn Brandstedt" <super_deuce@hotmail.com>
> > >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List"
> > <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > >Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 7:03 AM
> > >Subject: Re: [MV] M35 series brakes-pinion brake
> > >
> > >
> > > > Be careful with pinion, hand and engine brakes
> > they are "driveline"
> > >brakes
> > > > and work via the differential.
> > > >
> > > > If the traction is questionable then you may
> > lose control of the
> > >vehicle.
> > > > Think about it. On a side slope the upper wheels
> > will brake and it would
> > >not
> > > > slow the vehicle unless you have locking diffs.
> > > >
> > > > That's why the driveline brake is not well
> > suited as a parking brake
> > >either.
> > > >
> > > > I have driven my deuce for thousands of miles on
> > the highway and found
> > > > acceleration, speed and braking satisfactory
> > with gross vehicle weights
> > > > close to 26,000 lb.
> > > > My biggest concern has been the wet pavement
> > traction of the NDCC's and
> > >I'll
> > > > be checking out some Goodyear Unisteels soon, I
> > hope.
> > > > I did get a siping/grooving tool, but haven't
> > had the nerve to cut my
> > >NDCC's
> > > > yet.
> > > >
> > > > Have a great day!
> > > >
> > > > Bjorn
> > > > MVPA19212
> > > > Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia
> > > >
> > > >
> >
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