Yup,
This matches with what the Meritor (Rockwell) rep said, he claimed that they
could not be locked, with out doing some modifications to the diff case.
I suppose the next question would be, "Who did the mods?" & "What did they
do?".
The rep claimed that this was not done in any US plant, but he also
suggested that they may have got axles from Volvo, this struck me as far
fetched.
Any ideas?
Mr. Doyle, could this fall in your realm on the basis of history?
While I still want diff locks, now I am more curious about who did what
when.
Rikk Rogers - RK Lion LTD.
(580)762-3157 rkltd@swbell.net
http://home.swbell.net/rkltd/
-M35A2- MVPA -22345-
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org]On
Behalf Of Skule Johansen
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2001 4:33 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: Re: [MV] Diflock a deuce!
Hello list.
I was under the truck last night and this is what I found:
(other than that February is ..... cold :-) )
Front and rear axles made by ROCKWELL-STANDARD CORPORATION
Ratio 6.72
ROCKWELL-STANDARD Model:
- Front axle: FC240 HX21
- Rear axles: C240 FHX20
The actuating air-cylinder and the electrical control switch is mounted in
the rear of the axle housing.
These are covered by a curved plate on both rear axles as shown:
http://www.homeusers.prestel.co.uk/simonides/greensix/owners/skule-johansen/
m621_diff-lock-rear.jpg
The front axle does not have this cover.
The electrical switch is a single throw, momentary action switch that
controls the lights
(one for both rear-, and one for the front axle) mounted on the lock-up
panel inside the cab.
The bad news is that the axle-housing itself is different.
It has a box-like extention welded on to the rear, left-hand side.
This extention has tapped holes for mounting the air-cylinder and control
switch.
There are complete axles (used) for sale over here -
and complete vehicles......
- M621 with or without winch and M624 Dump truck.
(No M622 tankers or M623 vans)
....And how much for a 40 feet container across the Atlantic ??
Skule J
Stavanger, Norway
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