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wouldn't take a lot to make nice looking cross brace. heavy wall pipe ( 1 in ? ) with ends flatten out. drill hole both ends and bolt to some brackets. duals always look sharp. my concern is the added noise behind drive side. had a customer that demanded duals on a rented COE. dual set was installed . wasn't long after came back complaining too much noise in bunk .

agree with paul about the welder. have taken a number of broken out with the welder. larger nut over the stud ; welded nut gives more leverage to work broken stud. challenge not to weld base having the broken parts.

"" I thought i heard a strange noise; so I turned my radio up louder" . oops, think i'm dating myself again;; Not a radio; today it's headset, telephone or whatever they use.

a bank teller when asked of coin shortage , stated " there is none, the government started it". so many are in debt with plastic and when the paper dollar is worthless (like now ). no one will have coin to survive. ever stop and think of the motive behind things like james bond movies? NOT money the bad guy wants world power. check the details of the terminator movie. two came back in time because the world was a cluster f mess . sounds a little extreme (maybe ). for my grand children i feel sorry. notice how the virus is slowly coming back in the news! physer wants more of the billions of $$$ . now their saying a second dose is needed. if (when) the end shows up ; i want to be sitting in a beautiful (green dash) DM800

once again another fact is proven . no matter how long a person does a job , there's always room for new knowledge . after 50 yrs wrenching never knew they were olives. i know plenty of times when the line wouldn't move i called the brass ferrells alot of other names.

one of the best teachers is yourself when taking things apart to see what makes them tick. i never stop preaching safety .

older style had a couple of springs under the valve plates not hefty just long enough to throw dirt or whatever. point is advised to wear safety glasses not only that project == every one. even greasing .

if proper 3/4 dr " screwdriver" socket isn't available , i've used a piece of 1/4 x 1 1/2? flatstock with large adjustable wrench to work and loosen the lower nut. remove nut and thrust bearing a block of wood under the spindle held tight to spindle with floor/bottle jack. makes for solid hitting. i had a length of 1in bar -8-12 in long that had a pipe welded to it. made for safe holding of bar and short distance away from sledge hammer. one holding pipe/bar another swings the sledge. another positive of the block under spindle when king pin frees and falls the block keeps it in place spindle doesn't fall on toes

when bronze bushings were being installed, i used a large C-clamp two pieces of flat stock. all cleaned and lubed; basically hand pressed the new bushings in. the reaming was the challenge. too much sloppy spindle.

steam cleaner is best, if you can use one anymore. i had one so packed with old grease/dirt used an air hose to clean between spindle and axle . worn out was twice as bad without the packed dirt in there.

new replacements nylon; would that indicate no more reaming ?

and thank you for giving this forum an update and a positive repair made one at that.

I lucked out few times on tool acquisitions . got a 60 ton 2 speed hyd press for cash owed. brake job on a trailer (OO said he was short on cash before starting) got me a near new 1 in dr air gun CP and a 20 ton portable air jack.

that style has the taper on the king pin center. top/ bottom of pin is straight. might be different today. newly installed bushings had to be reamed out to fit pins. the bottom adjusting nut was mainly for setting the pin to thrust bearing. i have seen tightening the bottom nut help a loose spindle for a quick temporary fix. but that usually means bearing is worn and pin dropped .

and i thought the shirt was free also for buy the set .

entertainment !!! darn i almost didn't make it to my heart pills LOL that's insane .

i found if you put a number of light center punches on the jake spacer both sides it seems to hold the rubber gasket in place better also

seems i see a pattern showing up again==old is adjustable ; new is throw away. i had a 3/4 drive "screw driver style socket for adjusting , had to round corners of socket a little for secure fit. hold tension on the ratchet same time slight tapping with hammer on axle in location of king pin. it helps set the pin.

there should still be the line up arrows ? too late now for that . based on info given the steering shaft sounds to be the culprit ? yes/no. on a 4spline not much choice for mis install, i did see (yrs ago) a binding steering system which has the shaft misaligned. it was a multi spline not a 4

Joseph equipt always has some unique stuff. while back there were DM800's ; must be a big equipt dealer . has some of the largest low beds all shape configurations

aren't a lot of states saying .NO to glider kits . thought i read that some where. i built a U611st glider kit for a customer years ago. people building without the emission crap using older parts ?

looking at the prices listed here can sure be discouraging for me .thinking of the stack of Mack service manuals/ operator books , detroit diesel, cummins manuals etc i had . most of which were given away.

i can't do any more likes. that story deserves a dozen 😄😀😃

lifters should definitely be reworked/ replaced. holding them up helps with cam removal/ install. have had the unfortunate experience of hands pushing up lifters as a"helper" is working cam in to place . half way in one hand is holding up cam through bushings. when a lifter falls as your hand is pushing up lifter the cam goes real fast hurts the fingers in the way. clothes pins eliminate the hand in the way.

i like it. $700.00 darn prices are un real today. another "secret" advantage to clothes pins;;; you can sneak them back to the wifes laundry basket when she's not looking. what motor oil spots = i donno what that is 😁