m37jarhead wrote:Bob
Most all older vehicles with drum brakes don't measure up to newer vehicles with disk brakes.
At over 6,500 lbs., and the skinny brake shoes, M37's are, as Ralph Nader used to say:
"Unsafe at any speed.".
Jerry
Given the similarities in the rear axle designs, that label might be more appropriate for the M151 MUTT instead of the M37.
The first generation disc brakes in the ad are Ausco-Lambert, which were exclusive to Chrysler, and were available as a four-wheel system from 1950 through 1954. They worked somewhat inverse to the modern disc brake (an English Dunlop design, that first appeared in the U. S. on the front wheels of some 1963 Studebakers), in that the outer shell was like a double-sided, inward-facing flywheel with cooling ribs on the outside, and the outward-facing friction material was on two discs that were forced apart to press against the inner faces of the outer shell.
Based on the photos, it appears that Chrysler's military prototype T-237 (1947), T53 (1949), and T53E1 (1950) 3/4-ton 4x4 trucks all were equipped with a version of these Ausco-Lambert disc brakes (mounted on the outside of the wheels!), and all were designed as replacements for the WC series BEFORE the G-741 trucks were created. While these disc brakes would have been a big improvement over the conventional drums on our trucks, the cost and field servicing issues probably killed the design. Lucky for us, because as hard as good drums are to find now, the Ausco-Lambert disc brake parts have probably been unobtainable for many, many years.
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