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  1. Mark T
    Only cheap torque multiplier would be a little 4 to 1. Only around 1000 pounds. Those have to be tight. Like did the multiplier guy even attempt to do it with a torque wrench on the multiplier ? 1500 foot pounds it a lot of torque. You need a multiplier , big bar and back, or a well functioning inch drive impact with lots of air. A little hand job even with a good torque multiplier may not be enough if the guy doesn't know how to use it.
  2. Mark T
    B converted to R Like Mech pointed out earlier, things were simpler then.
  3. Mark T
    R Model 1150 TC good old equipment for sure. Give a little credit to the opperator too. Nice job.
  4. Mark T
    Wonder if it folds down to put weight on it in case they used it as a second power unit hooked to another tractor. Looks like a hyraulic cylinder under it to move it. I was curious about it too.
  5. Mark T
    Sad part is , he really doesn't require a lot of effort to be convincing. We're #ucked
  6. Mark T
    That truck has a Strata Tube. That's where it gets it's air to blow through the intercooler. The one duct on the air cleaner is for when you flip that switch so the engine draws air from under the hood.
  7. Mark T
    No chance it was accidently over filled ?
  8. Mark T
    I had a Granite with that under hood air intake. That changed the part number for the hood, even though a regular hood would go right on it ( but no vent for under hood air )
  9. Mark T
    Reave spring crip roose.
  10. Mark T
    One good thing, that's a fine picture of that problem. No where near enough contact to hold that fast. Seen this before with those. Sorry it cost so much in dollars and headaches.
  11. Mark T
    Too far
  12. Mark T
    The noise is probably the spring moving on the saddle. If it's been used with the U bolts loose , that's a great way to crack the springs outwards from the centerbolt. So......if he goes through all this and ends up with a broken spring afterwards, he's right back where he started.
  13. Mark T
    Mech, this is the same dude with no torque rod. I mentioned the cracks cause I believe the truck's been used with loose u bolts. Couple questions about this one tha are unanswered, and the owner said he can't go in the work area to actually look. Kinda sucks that he's in this just trying to get his truck fixed.
  14. Mark T
    where are you
  15. Mark T
    Unless you have a buddy with those laying around, you're going to a dealer.
  16. Mark T
    Truck definetely looks like it well worth fixing the right way, even if it is a little pricey.
  17. Mark T
    From your one picture, the truck looks clean. Not likely they're shot, but ???? Springs are probably junk at this point. If you look at the hole for the center bolt when they're apart , check for little cracks from the hole going outwards. One of the effects of loose U bolts. All thesee little 16ths of an inch here and there add up.
  18. Mark T
    If the boxes (buckets) are rotted they can be missing enough to not squeeze everything enough. Did anyone look at the round holes in the end of the springs ?
  19. Mark T
    Sounds about right for the one it would require.
  20. Mark T
    Look on the bright side, if the trunion bar is ok the most you're looking is new springs and saddles, new bolts and depending (?) maybe new buckets and isolators. Sometimes the springs hole gets egg shaped where the pin on the isolator goes. Making a trunion repair is the really expensive thing if that has to be addressed.
  21. Mark T
    Not many places have a hydralic torque wrench of even more than a little 4 to 1 torque multiplier. Cuase they cost a fortune. Or ? if they don't have a pit to get a huge impact on them, then..... They gotta be tight.
  22. Mark T
    The spring clip in the picture has loose U bolts. IDK what this "multimeter" is . Last I knew you'd use a torque multiplier. Anyway, they're loose and even after they're put in in the first place, they need to be retorqued shortly after that.
  23. Mark T
    Lots of guys don't realize how tight those need to be. They're like 1600 ft/lbs. Then retorqued after a few miles in service.
  24. Mark T
    Everything in those pictures from Paul were at one time state of the art . Impressive collection .
  25. Mark T
    Those big 10.9 flange bolts and nuts. Like if it was made with it.

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