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At least 2 thumbs  up!   Sharp!
 

superliner....super nice
 

Definitely looks good!!

I'm watching "American pickers" they are picking an old retired judges farm, he has a B model Mack and an old 40s St John'sbury rounded front trailer watching it as we speak!

My chamber support bracket has three flanges. I added some cracked-weld pics: S-Cam Repair & Cracked welds
5/8"-18 is what's on my axle tubes - the threads were badly butchered. I still haven't found a 5/8"-18 thread chaser - 9/16" seems to be the biggest.
A thread-chaser is not, and never will be, a tap A thread-chaser re-forms the existing threads Dulling a tap can make it a thread-chaser Use a on a wire-wheel on a bench grinder to dull the tap. Be really, really aggressive in dulling the tap - you want the "dull tap" to re-form the existing threads, not cut new ones. With fine threads, false starting the dull-tap/chaser is easy so take your time  If the hole is beyond saving, there's always helicoil repair - which is a lot easier said than done for a 5/8" bolt, on really hard/tough steel. Not a job for the biggest 1/2" drill.