MACKS

16 minutes ago, JoeH said:

Being a two man company, I prefer Budds because brakes are much easier to replace by yourself.  But on the roadside, a flat tire is much easier to replace with spoke hubs instead of Budds, if you have someone able to bring you a wheel and a lug wrench.

I have a good heavy duty plug kit and a can of starting fluid,that’s what I love about tubeless tires..🤔🤣

I can’t say I have ever saw anything but spoke wheels on 58000 rears,I have 58000 on my cl and run 12R24.5 rubber,what’s the reason for trying to swap it out if you don’t mind me asking?

Wow that’s awesome..

I don’t know of anybody using anything but pai kits when doing a rebuild,I’ve done three In frames myself and  never a problem..

17 minutes ago, MACKS said:

Hmmm,my air line ports are round,the tag says 2 1/2 inch stroke,I thought that was a long stroke but now I found out a long stroke type 24 can has 3.38 inch stroke,now I want to swap them out if I can..🤷‍♂️

Ok last post on this,don’t want to beat a dead horse,lol,but now I found for a type 24 can there is a short stroke,long stroke and an extra long stroke,who knew..lol

1 hour ago, MACKS said:

I’ll take a look later..

Hmmm,my air line ports are round,the tag says 2 1/2 inch stroke,I thought that was a long stroke but now I found out a long stroke type 24 can has 3.38 inch stroke,now I want to swap them out if I can..🤷‍♂️

1 hour ago, Joey Mack said:

Not sure for the front ones..  I wouldn't mind knowing.  Sorry, Jojo

I’ll take a look later..

On 2/27/2024 at 4:57 PM, Joey Mack said:

we have long stroke brake chambers here, 3'' stroke.  they can be identified by the square shaped air line ports on the chamber..  We cant go back to Real Slacks, because of the Gov'ment..  Manual slacks can only be used if the truck was born with them.  Too bad,  they work good, and with regular maint, continue to work good..  I prefer them too.....

I have the type 24 long stroke on the front of my cl, can they be identified by square air line ports also,can’t remember off hand what they look like,they do have a plastic tag attached  saying 2 1/2 inch stroke witch is long on the front axle..

Must be nice to have a new truck with all disc brakes,I guess it eliminates a lot of the hardware we have to deal with on drum brakes..

3 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Joey are these type the same length as a normal slack adjuster  ?

If so with 3 inches of stroke they could very easily push the cam past were it needs to be

Sorry Im not try to hijack the thread, Im just curious about this stuff

 

Paul 

I can’t see that happening unless the shoe linings are worn out along with the drums,once they make contact with the drums that’s all they can go and that’s as far as the s cam can turn..

The blinker interrupts the brake light if that helps any,are your brake lights working?

How are the front cab mounts,I remember them especially the driver side taking a beating from all the water and mud thrown up from the tires..

Check all the return lines..

3 hours ago, mrsmackpaul said:

Removing the puff limiter was found that the diesel would wash all the oil from the bore and cause premature wear

Anyway, I  dunno my as from elbow

 

Paul 

Well it definitely added soot to the oil,even after a fresh oil change the oil would turn black within minutes..

3 minutes ago, Don Wilson jr said:

I would like to try to use it if possible. Would I have any problems by just capping it off. Will have a lot of black smoke or any other potential problem?

The black smoke will roll only when and if u stomp on the throttle,if u take it easy very little black smoke..

You don’t  really need it,but I guess u already know that..

How’s the oil pressure,does it have excessive blow by?

He states in his opening post the oil pressure jus recently started dropping,what I find interesting is that his idle oil pressure is still the same ,I’m thinking maybe a problem with the oil pump or relieve valve…

That’s a very cool truck..

1 hour ago, blackdog2 said:

The all red 58-20-20 light weight is 32,500 smooth body high lift gate hardox body Did a 6-lane RT-1 tear out 1+ mile asphalt , concrete , trolly track's not 1-dent or wear  3-year' job .......I have tractor DM-686 sx also same spec rough rider ?

Tough truck for sure and yeah they ride a little rough but that’s the roads fault..😍

On 1/5/2024 at 6:22 PM, blackdog2 said:

1/2 the fleet...........All MACK.......?

So what’s the specs on those DM’s,58 rears,how long are the bodies?

1 hour ago, mowerman said:

Yes sir I am definitely pissing myself over that one looks like mine

Two DM’s in that picture right..

58 minutes ago, Joey Mack said:

7/8'' 12 point  bone wrench..  a home made one is just fine..  cut the box end off of a wrench and weld a 1/2'' drive socket to the cut end, and then you can use a 1/2'' drive breaker bar to get it done..  I think the torque is about 175 lbft..  

Great,thanks..