Re: Selectro Hubs?

From: Arthur Bloom (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun May 28 2006 - 18:01:26 PDT

Mr. Stead:

My company introduced that model, originally made for us exclusively by Mile
Marker. I have diagrams here that show no wire retainer. I see only C and O
clips being used. You might call MileMarker and ask for customer service.
They can give you a definitive answer.

www.milemarker.com

We now sell heavy-duty hubs made for us by Ouverson Engineering. We have
found them to be very rugged and well-built. They are cast, machined, and
hand-assembled in the USA. $695 per pair.

Arthur P. Bloom, Pres.
Inter Agency Motor Pool
www.M35products.com
Toll-free 866-749-0100

Power steering and other enhancements for the M35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Stead" <Gadget@easypath.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 7:22 PM
Subject: [MV] Selectro Hubs?

|I have a couple of Selectro locking hubs I thought I'd put on my deuce but
I
| noticed something with them I don't like.
|
| The guts of the locking mechanism are retained on the inside by a snap
ring.
| It's nothing more than a curved round wire, and it doesn't even fit
| completely into the groove of the hub housing. The groove is smaller than
| the ring. It looks like a good vibration could shake these things apart...
|
| Maybe there's some sort of wedge action happening between the snap ring,
the
| groove in the hub, and the guts being retained by the ring? Is that how a
| wire type retainer normally works?
|
| I probably never would have even noticed it, but one of the rings came
loose
| in shipping. Finding the ring loose in the box made me wonder if I want to
| put these hubs on my truck!
|
| Anyone ever use these hubs? Anyone ever heard of a manufacturing defect
| recall by Selectro? I'm very surprised by the cheap ring, I can't believe
| they would even consider building them this way. I mean, what's an
internal
| C-ring cost gonna cost them?
|
| Thanks,
| Jim
|
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