Popular Post j hancock Posted December 19, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 19, 2016 H-67 single axle tractor riding on disc wheels. 7 Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 19, 2016 Share Posted December 19, 2016 Looks like it has brakes on it. That's what I'd like to find for my truck. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1977vega Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 That'll buff out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterMack Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 59 minutes ago, PeterMack said: believe that`ll take at least 2 days 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57 bcr Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 22 hours ago, Freightrain said: Looks like it has brakes on it. That's what I'd like to find for my truck. You have no brakes,Larry? Lol....or just no front brakes? Al Quote IF YOU BOUGHT IT, A TRUCK BROUGHT IT..AND WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH IT, A TRUCK WILL HAUL IT AWAY!!! Big John Trimble,WRVA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I am just on the hunt for budd hub axle. Only problem is finding a one WITH brakes. I do have front brakes, as truck is a single axle. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 32 minutes ago, Freightrain said: I am just on the hunt for budd hub axle. Only problem is finding a one WITH brakes. I do have front brakes, as truck is a single axle. larry what exactly are you lookin for ? what wt. rating budd wheels ? mfg specific? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I need a Mack axle. Weight rating not critical for me. Has to be B model as R is wider. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I guess mack cast their own axles ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Mack usually had different U bolt spacing. I know Matt Pfahl put I think a superdog front axle in his B and had to redrill the holes as they were half a hole off or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 reason i got into that is i have a complete 9000# front axle with budd hubs new brakes and drums & springs that came out of a gmc topkick 88 or 89 yr model tractor that just might work under a b . if i knew what the b spacing is i would check it out closer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 A while back a guy on here built a pickup type B to haul a racecar out of a white and yellow fire truck. He put the front axle from a 1996 international school buss. It supposedly bolted in. I've been measuring and center pin measurements on international trucks is the same as what's on the B. what I've been finding is most of the modern axles have 4" springs instead of our 3". somewhere else on here I read the R front axle is 3" wider, but works. Idk if that's overall or each side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 32 minutes ago, carlotpilot said: reason i got into that is i have a complete 9000# front axle with budd hubs new brakes and drums & springs that came out of a gmc topkick 88 or 89 yr model tractor that just might work under a b . if i knew what the b spacing is i would check it out closer 33 1/4" center to center. I measured from the outside of one spring to the inside of the opposite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 Ill look closer at what i have tomorrow. i believe i have 3 in.springs also . i kept this thing because of all the new stuff thats on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 (edited) When Jim put the bus axle under his B, he cut the middle and welded it back together. Might not have caught that in one of his post, but I did. I already have the budd hub setup for the rear axle, just trying to find something to convert the front. Edited December 21, 2016 by Freightrain Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mackdaddy Posted December 21, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted December 21, 2016 Here is another one that might be worth saving ..........but rough. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carlotpilot Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 there are`nt many of those left to even attempt to save Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 4 hours ago, Freightrain said: When Jim put the bus axle under his B, he cut the middle and welded it back together. Might not have caught that in one of his post, but I did. I already have the budd hub setup for the rear axle, just trying to find something to convert the front. Nope I never cought that. I thought he said it was a direct bolt in. I also want to switch my front over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I tried doing a quick search for his build, but couldn't find it. Yup, he cut, welded and ground it down so you could not see it. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobert62 Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 I do remember reading that, but I that that was for the front bumper for some reason. I'm not like my wife I've been wrong before. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
41chevy Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 1 hour ago, Freightrain said: I tried doing a quick search for his build, but couldn't find it. Yup, he cut, welded and ground it down so you could not see it. Quote "OPERTUNITY IS MISSED BY MOST PEOPLE BECAUSE IT IS DRESSED IN OVERALLS AND LOOKS LIKE WORK" Thomas Edison “Life’s journey is not to arrive at the grave safely, in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting ‘Holy shit, what a ride!’” P.T.CHESHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brocky Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Larry Per Joe D. (chocko): LEAVE THE SPOKES!!!!!!! I am just to old school and the Aluminum Budd's just do NOT look right on older, especially east coast, trucks!! 1 Quote Brocky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 Paul, thanks, I can never remember his screen name to search it quickly. Brocky, ya, I know................. If I could just get my spoke/rims blasted and repainted I wouldn't mind them so much. They were pretty nice looking 15 yrs ago when I bought the truck and painted everything, but the old spray bomb paint has done faded away. Alum budds would just give it some easy "bling" to doll it up some. I would even take steel 5 holes painted? I just want to clean it up some. Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I don't think the outside to outside spring measurement matters. more center pin to center pin. you could always put spacer plates under the u bolts on the side of the springs. most light b421's I have seen had 1/2 narrower spring packs than most B models and had 1/4 spacer plates on each side of the spring pack to take up the gap between the U bolts 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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