From: "Dennis Bernth" <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Dennis Bernth" <[email protected]> To: "Ryan Moore" <[email protected]>,<[email protected]> Subject: Re: making a 1/2T a 3/4T Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:29:37 -0600
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except that's not how the military does things... all thier vehicles are specifically built for the military and are a mil-spec, just of a different type.IF there are 3/4 ton Chevy pickups in the military, they're probably locally sourced or gotten from GSA and are not mil-spec. There was a half ton Chevy 4x4 on Ebay a while back that was supposedly bought from a DRMO auction; it was painted up like a CUCV, but was half ton civilian all the way. I would guess that local bases have some leeway when they need a utility vehicle to requistion one from GSA, who probably had a lot full of Chevy 4x4's that they had bought for the USFWS, Forest Service, National Parks, etc.
I'm aware the Dodges weren't tabbed as CUCV's, I used that terminologyI promise they are Dana 44s, dana 44s look nothing like a 10 bolt GM. For one thing, a 10 bolt GM has a round cover. BTW, these aren't coil sprung, and remember, we are *not* talking about 1/2 ton pickups.
because they are what the GM CUCV's replaced. I don't know what the military
called em to be honest.
The guy with the axles either doesn't know what he has or what they came
from, or they're not what he says they are. AFAIK, any Dana 44 front used by
GM would have lockouts, or lockouts could be installed. I'm not sure what GM
used for front axles post-1988, but I don't think they're HD 44's- IIRC,
they're a coil sprung, independent suspension type, nothing like a 'normal'
44 you could use under a Travelall.
sure you aren't thinking of the dodge full time units? that's how they worked.The 'ONLY' front 44's that I know of that don't have normal hubs that can take locking hubs are the morphodite Dodges. Even when Dodge went to front axle disconnects in the mid-80's, it kept the same outer hub style, just used a chrome 'cover' on the outside to replace the locking hub assembly since the lock in, lock out function was done by the axle disconnect.
I also don't think GM used front 44's after about 1977- they went to their own 10 bolt, which uses most of the same suspension parts (ball joints, locking hubs, etc) as the earlier 44's. Dennis