Vladislav

Are you sure they're stainless, not chromed steel? Not easy to figure out sometimes.

No words. If everyone is allowed to pee anywhere the next step is to allow to shit either. Interesting is all that for guys only or both for women? I suppose it is.

Candy!

That wouldn't be easy to find 1-1/4 tap here. And rust kills a tap fast. The ones I have look poor. My current option is to order them machined. But I need to ask for a good steel, not a "nail material". And I should take the old ones out for first.

It looks like I found the answer on the matter of the stud http://www.vanhorntruckparts.com/product/28298/Neway-Beam-End-Stud-E-4258/ A common stud all threaded. Probaly must be drilled through when in place and then locked with a pin. $38 for just a stud doesn't seem nice. Especially multiplied by four and than by 1.6 to import.

Actually those studs have no heavy stress on them along their axle direction since straight movement reaction from the drive axle goes to the frame bracket through the front joint (bushing). Traverse beam is for airbags and seats on the tube part of the equalizer. The stud just keeps the traverse from getting off but no real load at this joint. So probably no extreme strenght is required there. As of the stud is turned in or pressed in I found interesting the point Fullfuel put in. He said you can get it out with a piece of tube put on and a nut turned on the end of the stud. Turning the nut the stud is being stressed out and should go.

Larry, I remember you fought hard your beams and weld them up but there was nothing posted about the studs. Hope my tubes aren't that bad but I can't be shure until fit new bushings on them wich I currently have not. Question: is rubber set tight on a metal center tube of the bushing or might be removed easily? I might try some used ones since a new set seems costy. I'd need whole 8 of them. And I already bought new front bushings and pressed off the old ones. With some labour in 20 ton press. But going to fit new ones in place after painting.

Hmm... I'm afraid years made them look different in my case. I tried to hit one a couple of times (hard enough) with no luck. So probably need to heat them up well or just drill off. Any other ideas?

Setup I have is ARD-125 as was marked on the tag. Neway offers those studs under #900 06 380 http://ww1.safhollandtest.com/sites/damedit/literature/xl-ps10457pm-en-us.pdf

The area I live we usually have about a feet (up to half a meter) on the ground in the second half of winter. But what you got during just one day looks impressive. Hope some portion ot the white stuff will gone soon and make your life easier.

It looks like many of you guys went that path. I feeled attractive to just sand blast and paint the parts as is but looking them better I resolved to go calm. My end tubes seem not too bad about rotting off the size excepting the one. Although I have 2 extra ones more so whole 6 beams to choose from. With some stud thread issues though. So still two questions: Is the cotter pin beveled or straight cylindrical or threaded? Is the stud end in the tube flat or threaded and is turned into? Just want a little bit of knowledge before I got a torch and a big hammer. Thanks for the inputs.

Do you mean those studs are just put into equalizers, not turned into a threaded hole in it? Do you torch the tube to get the pin off either?

I've got the extra set of Neway rears for the R-model and start prepairing them to obtain a better shape. Every beam has a stud on the end to attach a traverse. Mines aren't nice about threads. Does anybody knows how to turn them off? It seems like some kind of pin is pressed into the beam's body to lock the stud from turning. Should I try to press it out or maybe drill through? More questions. I noted in two beams the studs are longer than in the other two. It seems strange to me since all 4 beams are from the same vehicle and I noted nothing different in the way the travese beams are attached on the both FR and RR axles. And are those studs avalible for sale? Or are they common ones and I may just order them in a machine shop?

That's pretty funny! Someone was thinking those chains help him

UP20510 are chome steel. I've bought a set this past summer from Big Rig Chrome Shop and they supplied them with no problem.

I once had such an issue and found out (with a help of this forum folks) that my trolley valve lever was moved a bit. I was surprized that lever could do anything to the truck with no trailer but it lightened up my brake lights instantly.

Didn't wait to see it for that cheap. Doesnt look too bad for the cost.

The small ones United Pacific #20510 for Pete have a perfect match to the small gauges. Can't tell anything about the speedo and tacho though.

That's one great article, thank you for sharing that Paul. I can imagine how many folks felt heart beat watching Superliner anounced. And it's nice how they put the picture with the truck larger and larger from the first page to the every next one. Unfortunately I wasn't able to put my hand onto such a magazine in 1977 although I remember very well when I was about 15 my father brang home fresh edition of what called "The USA Automotive Production" magazine with the picture of the almost new to the moment CH model and the article inside. That magazine was black and white Sovied edition based on 2-3 different American magazins to show out modern news, generally for professional use. It used to come out in about 5-6 month later than a month marked on it due to the need of translation to Russian. I could get it to my mail box as any common local magazine and I did for some years. The most only source of American trucks info in SU at that time. I might look in my old papers, might still have some of them. If I find it I'll post some.

It seemed to me he've got too much of Mackoholizm being on here so at one point he went off. He was Ok when I emailed him last about one year back. Happy Birthday Rob!

I'd say you was too much in a hurry to leave that place that fast

Nice air line bracket. Nobody would disagree that experience is a good thing but ingeunity together with common sence make the most any deal done.

I always do that way and never had ideas of needing anything else for.

On my mind it looks unbelivable!

A dream Mack on my mind indeed.