Mark T

The guy you asked for the offset keyway.

Careful Jojo.....don't forget keyway guy 🤣

This one isn't really funny, cause it's true. I think I'm more educated on that subject from watching Schoolhouse Rock as a little kid than what this a$$hole seems to think is correct.

Be interesting to know who made it, but any sleeper that can live through a B model then an R model and still be in one piece 50 years later has to be manufactured quite well I'd say. That'll look good on your Mack.

😏 like the dude that started this. He needs new slacks and it should have cams and bushings.

Exactly. None of them work when the components are worn out.

Depends what wheel position. Here they weren't as popular on drives as on a steer axle or some auxilury axles. Sometimes on drives they (long strokes) would be type 36 chambers. Usually when you buy a new automatic slack adjuster they come with a template in the packaging. The geometry of them is a little different from manufacturer to manufacturer, but still basically within the 90 degree thing. They just have different adjusting methods. Still above and beyond all, everything needs to be in good shape and maintained. They work and have a life span just like anything else. The Haldex (manufacturer) ones in this thread require a little wand anchored to the cam tube and an adjusting strap that's a strip of stainles steel that sandwiches in between a chamber mounting stud. Then after you get your angle as per the instructions, you set that little pointer arrowy thing in the little window on the slack. Tighten it's nut, and you're ready to go. There's several different types. They're automatic, but not maintainence free. So on some of the setups, the long stroke makes sense becuase of all the different slack adjuster arrangements there are now. Your basic Q shoes with a five and a half inch slack..... not so much.

These came into existence around the same time as extended life brake shoes . Way more geometry goes into brakes than most guys think.

I don't get this one (lol) Haldex slacks work very well. That one's serviceable life has come to it's end. The nylon bushing is worn , you can see where the clevis was on it and it's been greased. It even has black paint left on it. It's just worn out, and likely had a long life already.

I remember once, guy changed oil in the truck. Pushed the cable out of his way and never put it back in position. Huge difference in effort to push the clutch in. Of course that was once, but it happened

Those slacks are junk. Likely you need cams and bushings too. A new slack will work for a while. It's gonna do the same thing if the cams are shot though.

I'd look at the cable. It should make a nice curved ark and not be shoved out of the way or anything like that. Maybe even disconnect it from the release lever on the clutch housing and see how it feels unhooked. It's not impossible it needs to be replaced .

I believe I've heard those referred to as " 50 s "

I kinda think (wild guess) he's talking about Haldex slacks on a Mack. Sounds kinda like what they do when the cams and bushings were worn and the serated ring for the adjustment is rounded off. Again, just a guess.

You're probably thinking of the 5000 . I often thought for as many Whites as used to be around, it's odd they're a rare sight today. All models , cause rhey had several.

Ahhhhh......look at all those hometown celebrities in that picture.

This fella didn't list anywhere near enough info about what kind of slacks he's talking about, or better yet pictures. !!! stay outta his way !!! (lol)

Whites (3000s) were pretty popular. I agree with Bob, several were garbage trucks around here when I was a kid. Several were something else too. I think that the engines were the reason White aquired REO. They may not be the absolute hardest thing to find parts for. Engine wise anyway, the truck ??? I haven't seen one in years, even sitting around .

I can assure you the susspension out of the CH has no idea what it's holding up. Long as everything travels within it's limits and pinion angle is correct..... it'll work.

Sometimes with stripper, it helps to scratch into the paint with some 40 grit sandpaper. Not so much as to sand it , but to get some deep scratches into the paint being stripped. It helps the stripper do it's thing. Espesially if there's several coats of paint to remove.

Geeze, at a glance I thought that was leteesha james.

Sorry to hear about all the troubles you've been having. That cab looks to be in decent shape. I'm not so sure sand blasting is the thing to do to it. Blasting ? yes, but I think a different media would be the way to go and avoid damamging it. Any way you went about that (soda blast walnut shells) Vlad's correct, no need to go through sanding it before blasting. If you're thinking something on it until blasting ? I'd wipe it down good with acetone or something, blow it off good and get a few spray cans of XO Rust or something. Again, blasting would eat through that like nothing. Sand ???? Sometimes isn't the hot ticket on sheet metal, tends to warp it from heat , it's more aggresive than 60 year old sheet metal cares to deal with.

She'll be needing them herself when michelle (mike) is her new boss in November

That's not a V8 thing. Superliner 1s had a different arrangement with the frame in the front and the steering box is mounted on the steering axle itself. I'd imagine by now it'd be virtually impossible finding parts related to that setup.

That's one of Mack's not so great ideas about where a steering box goes.