Just wanted to double check..

Are all CUCV Blazers the "buck n' a quarter" with a Dana 60F? They would ALL be 8-lug Dana 60s?

Thanks,

-Tom

No, they are all 1/2 ton. 10 bolts f/r.

Pete

Originally posted by pcorssmit
No, they are all 1/2 ton. 10 bolts f/r.

Pete

D*mn. So I need to spec the 1008 (is that right?) for the 1.25T stuff?

Thought it looked like it had 6-lug hubs in the picture.

Bummer.

I've looked at them before and it seems to me there may be two options, I have seen 6 lug hubs and 8 lug hubs, maybe they had a hd version?

THE FACTS: M1009 (Blazer) 10bolts front & rear.
All the rest M1008 (pick-up), M1010 ambulance, M1031 (chassis for Contact repair truck), M1028 (RATT radio rig) had D60 front and 14bolt rear.
(M1028A2 &A3 were dually axles)

Ya, ya we've all hear stories, but they're just that (BS). The M1009 was a utility/command vehicle it didn't "need" such HD axles. "Maybe someone swapped' em" Well possibly but keep in mind the Army takes a dim view of unauthorized modifications. Plus you'ld need the extra (one ton) axles, welding equipment to move the spring perches (a Direct/General Support job), and the knowledge and motivation. Then "why?" you're not running big rubber. Soldiers liked the M1009 because of the 3.08 gears in it (it actually could keep up with civilian traffic). The M1008 simply revs itself to death at 60 MPH. At a DS shop we'ar always replacing main seals(& CDRVs) because of soldiers overspeeding CUCVs and HMMWVs.

I've worked with CUCVs since '85. I loved them, but never enough to spend alot of time or any of MY money modifying something that wasn't MINE.:usa:

I drove a 1009 Blazer at Ft Riley KS and Ft Irwin CA and it was a torquey beast. Mine took abuse w/o a whimper LOL bent frame, pinion seals, flats) They called them a 3/4t , and the 1008 was 1 1/4. I never saw a dualie Tactical, but our outfit had the ratt-rig and switchboard boxes in the trucks.

In late 86 mine was the 2d or 3d truck on base to get the 'new' Firestone MT 32x11.5 which were worlds better in the clay than the BFG/AT 31" stockers.

A good-running 1008 pickup is a great tow-rig or donor vehicle IMO.