Re: [MV] HMMWV HD halfshafts

From: Vadim Kogan (vadim@XCF.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 11:37:10 PST


On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:40:31PM -0500, Glenn Shaw wrote:
> Hi Vadim
> By HD I assume you mean the 12,100 GVW hummers such as shelter carriers etc.
> They are not a drop in. You will need to change the input gear on the hub,
> and there are some other issues if you decide to go with the larger rotors.
> See www.humvee.net and look in the Hummer Info Database. There are quite a
> few guys that have done things with these shafts. The original halfshafts
> and the later A1 style 10,300 GWV halfshafts do swap and the A1 shafts are
> an upgrade from the original 80's vintage humvee units.

Yeah, I thought so, but it's been a while since I looked into this. HID had
no info, really. I guess this is a bit more involved than what I have time
for right now, so I'll replace with a regular halfshaft and then wait for it
to break :-)

Thanks for the info,
Vadim.



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