From: V SCHWARTZ (vsaws@optonline.net)
Date: Thu Dec 08 2005 - 06:31:46 PST
Test,Thing keps aying my thingy is busted Vinny
> I've been trying to find/read/understand a bit about sprags but have not
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Sofio" <dave.nfesc@gmail.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: [MV] Another sprag issue?
> been terribly successful in even finding the basic material.
>
> When I bought it, I'd been told my 5-ton would give me a big surprise if
> I didn't follow a magic ritual: after backing, for every X feet I'd just
> backed up, I should drive X feet or more forwards, and do this in first
> gear.
>
> I found out what the surprise was, but not under those circumstances,
> and it is a recurring thing: a huge kick in the ass. Typically it
> happens as I back slowly to approach my steep uphill temporary
> driveway; I sense a slight resistance that isn't just from the slope,
> and then BAM: feels like something busted--and bad--or someone ran into
> me. I also have had it happen as I drive away from having done some
> back-and-forth maneuvers to get out of a tight spot. Since it is such
> a violent thing, it does seem as if it should be avoided, but if there
> is a way to avoid or stop it, I haven't a clue. Is this "kick"
> damaging? Is it a sign of a problem? I don't have drive problems, that
> I've noticed, in either forward or reverse.
>
> Explanatory reading material on sprags would be appreciated!
>
> Mahalo,
>
> Dave
>
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