From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun May 23 2004 - 07:24:56 PDT
Bruce:
You can put it on any of the rear wheels.
apb, DN (doctor of nuttin')
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Kalin" <convoy@mtaofnj.us>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:18 AM
Subject: [MV] Rear lock outs
> Art,
>
> With your axle lock out is it possible to put this on the leading rear
> axle, rather than the trailing rear? It would seem to me that leaving
> the axles with the longest wheel base with the drive ability would
> create better traction than the shorter wheel base and a trailing tag
axle.
>
> This theory was already used in the 70s on the older "Eagle" brand
> buses, the tag axle would lead (although this was only a single wheel
> set up) while the rear axle was a duel driver. By "singling" the leading
> rear, there was very little drag, even in reverse. GM had a different
> variation, where they made the rear axle the tag, but they had a lift
> mechanism for the axle, which would eliminate the drag, and put the
> weight on the drive axle when needed for additional traction. Often, it
> was necessary to lift the tag in order to get the bus moving on a
> slippery surface. Then, GM went to one rear, without a tag axle, and
> after that, GM sold it's coach bus division.
>
> Perhaps someone could try the "Eagle" method out, making the leading
> rear a single wheel tag axle, with the lock out hub in that axle.
>
> Just a thought.
> --
> Bruce Kalin
> Convoy coordinator
> Coordinator@eastcoastconvoy.com
> http://www.EastCoastConvoy.com
> USMC MTA, MVPA, MTA NJ, NCMVPA
>
>
>
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