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The used Park cable has no leaks. I have the shift cable that goes with it but the one in the car is not leaking.
But yeah, you can repair your leaking cables pretty easily and cheap. Go to lowes, get some of the thick heat shrink the Thad the heat activated glue inside, it works really really well. And costs like 25 bucksNo. I don't.
So, with my rat rod, I am destroying outer wheel bearings. Maybe 500 miles on last set. 37 Ford spindles and F150 hubs using a kit from Speedway. Overkill for a 2000lb car. Car steers and handles awesome. Could it be toe in or out?
Tires should be a indicator on that issue.... Might be...
Tires were wearing, inner or outer, don't remember which as new now. Tires were used 5 years ago. Now 2nd set if wheel bearings in 2 years. I shimmed king pins now too but not sure what is causing it. On 2wd truck hubs. Do you pack just the bearings or fill the whole hub too?
Straight axle? 37-48 ford? If so, I’m guessing either your Ackerman or your KPI is off, of those two, I’d guess the KPI as that would be more likely to wear wheel bearings
I fill it. Are these adjustable bearings? Or sealed?
Yes 37-41 round back spindles. Akerman is way out from where it should, but again, 1000's of miles, and now suddenly issues. Not sure KPI, abut king pins are set. Only toe is adjustable
Tapered roller. Standard f150 73-93 2wd
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I put a thin coat inside the hub. Packing it would retain heat. Are you packing by hand or using the tool? I don’t trust the packing tool.
Packing by hand is all I have ever done.
Care to give us your method? The "big" inner bearing is what carrys the load. I have to wonder about the parallel of the races.
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Morning all. Another day or two before the long drive home.
Good morning or late night, which ever
I ordered a bunch of parts from advance auto to work on the valiant some more.
Motor mounts, transmission mount, brake hoses, spark plugs, some diesel oil with yummy zinc.
And a master cylinder
I ordered a bunch of parts from advance auto to work on the valiant some more.
Motor mounts, transmission mount, brake hoses, spark plugs, some diesel oil with yummy zinc.
And a master cylinder
Witch Valiant, is it an early with a one pot master cylinder? Or is it a different one?
Oops, good morning early risers
I dont think toe will trash a wheel bearing. Im not going to suggest adjustment was a problem, i will say i prefer to leave them a tad loose if anything. Grease? I use the sticky yellow castrol grease.
I'm not sure when the single pot master cylinders went away but I'm pretty sure by 68 they were all the dual circuit type
That will be a dual, it's hard to keep up with members cars, hope all goes well on the beauty Princess
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66 I believe, I know my 67 was dual circuit.
I use the grease packing tool, lisle cup style. And pack a fair amount of grease into hub. If it gets hot enough to make grease liquify, there is enough to keep lubricant in bearings. But to date i have never seen hubs get that hot unless bearings have failed.
I disassembled a hub on an old 3 ton truck that had 300,000 ish miles on it, could still see the marks from the brush that applied grease in the hubs from factory. It was a water tanker,it saw lots of abuse. Takes a lot get grease to melting point.
And its raining.
Looks like a miserable day to take a ferry ride.
Looks like a miserable day to take a ferry ride.
Interested to see how the motor mounts work for you. The ones I originally ordered from RockAuto were.too thin and I had to get a more robust set to gain clearance between the headers and the steering gear box
Morning all.
The Tom Hand 904 book arrived yesterday. Doing some reading.
@dukeboy_318 you said you picked up a rebuild kit online for your transmission. Do you have the vendor name?
@halifaxhops that guy with the diagnostic machine who wouldn't sell it to me because I didn't have anything in my FB profile? He messaged me to see if I was still interested.
Another hot day today. Forecast shows it cooling off late in the week. 70s and 50s. Fire pit weather
The Tom Hand 904 book arrived yesterday. Doing some reading.
@dukeboy_318 you said you picked up a rebuild kit online for your transmission. Do you have the vendor name?
@halifaxhops that guy with the diagnostic machine who wouldn't sell it to me because I didn't have anything in my FB profile? He messaged me to see if I was still interested.
Another hot day today. Forecast shows it cooling off late in the week. 70s and 50s. Fire pit weather
Yeah that's no fun. How's the visibility?
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