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I haven't seen them for sale in a while either. Going to need something because even the NOS ends have 1990s rubber in them. Eventually we're probably going to have to start taking old ends, removing the old rubber, and filling them with liquid urethane. That's a method I've seen people use...
I picked up the national/timken 39801 PTFE rear main because I thought it would be a good upgrade. It came in and now I'm not sure if the metal ring inside is supposed to be a wear sleeve that installs over the crank or if its just an install tool. Based on how thick it is I'm thinking it has...
Did some measuring and the backing plate, spindle, and shield are about 0.66" thick. The only potential spots where I can see the studs hitting is at the two upper brake adjusters. There's about .875 of space between the bottom of the adjuster and the spindle/dust shield. So if we use the 2"...
So I've been thinking about this more. Would the extra .203" on the 3/8-24 side actually interfere with anything. The hub wont touch them and none of the brake parts should either. Am I missing something?
Are you sure the 3/8-16 side needs to be trimmed? Looked at my knuckle and seems like the hole has at least 3/4 of thread depth before it comes out inside the knuckle.
I need to replace a couple of the studs and was wondering if theres any downside to just swapping them all over to grade 8 bolts with lockwashers? I looked around and the folks using the 2.5 ton axles for custom builds do it fairly often, but wanted to check with the great minds here since I...
I got a really good deal on a reman long airpack that was stored in some rough conditions. Most of the parts actually turned out to be in good shape but the air can Im not sure about. The spot where the piston sat developed some corrosion. I ran a fine hone through a few times but can still feel...
Awesome. Dont scrap that until I hear from eastern :)
EDIT: No real updates yet. Eastern let me know they're in the middle of a warehouse move, but are still looking.
Yeah thats the problem. The taper isnt a standard size as far as Ive been able to figure out. So if they have to get a custom tool made the price will get crazy.
Thanks for the offer! Let me see what eastern has to say next week first. Will get in touch with you if they don't have a properly machined replacement.
Well Im pretty sure Im SOL on the brake hone idea. The brake hone isnt precise enough to enlarge the tapered hole evenly while removing that much material. So the torque rod will either be loose if I take out too much material or it wont be able able to move freely because the hole is uneven...
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