Re: [MV] Deuce Brakes ---- split system

From: dan doig (opm@sympatico.ca)
Date: Thu Nov 28 2002 - 18:24:13 PST


do you have any more info on the split system of brakes for a duce.

Wayne Harris wrote:

> Hi Steve
> <especially if you split up the fronts>
> The same thing that happen when you stomp on the right or left brake on a
> farm tractor only you are not going 50 mph(you turn around in a VERY big
> hurry) :-))
>
> The military came up with a MWO to convert the M35A2 over to a split system.
> I have a TM that goes into all the details and while I don't have it right
> in front of me basically it added another master cyl. and air tank and
> routed the brake lines so that one system worked the front tires and the the
> other covered the rear wheels just as your civilian car or light truck does.
> Hopes this help. Wayne
>
> >Has anyone actually done a split brake system on any deuce? We are talking
> >6
> >wheel locations which when divided by 2 does not yield what I would think
> >is
> >an acceptable situation especially if you split up the fronts.
> >
> >If you have done it, please explain how and what happens if you have a
> >failure.
> >
> >
> >Thanks
> >Steve AKA Dr Deuce (who would like a dual system on his deuces.....
>
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