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and just a pic of the old Gorilla snot on the floor after stripping it off the driver's side
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I must say I am very please with the quality and fitment of these parts, Classic Parts does it again, I liked their rear window seal very much, and now they are 2 for 2 with the door weatherstrips as well
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did I mention the wife is gone for the weekend on an all girls camping trip, well on with the show than, what's next
and the next patient is Steering..., Mr. Manuel Steering |
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and after a little belly rub we get our money shot, that's right folks The Greg is a Parts Numbers Junkie - PNJ
and a quick AltaVista search for 5698180 (yeah remember that site) reveals this there box is a box formely known as Saginaw - nice |
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now let's check out that Pitbull Arm
I bought it with the pitman arm because I recon there is a difference between the manual and the power arms |
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then it was time to make a mess - we tore into it because it sounded like it had square bearings inside, something wasn't right
TOP TIP: to get that three bolt cover off, don't tap it with a hammer or pull on it (I'm just sayin') unscrew the middle screw with a flat screw driver and watch it come off |
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a better look inside after cleaning it up a bit with some paper towels
I am in awe of this simple yet effective engineering, ah the good ol' days |
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getting the two big nuts off was a major P.I.A. I won't lie to you, after my adjustable wrench got me no where I had to go out and buy a 1 5/16 socket and use a 5 foot long cheater bar on it to loosen the pitman arm nut, jeez
than I had to use a puller to get the pitman arm off Fun Level = 2.7 |
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but we persevered and got that pitman arm shaft out and even managed to clean it up a bit
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Nice and simple the way it should be. I'm digging the S logo on the case. |
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getting the worm gear out was no picnic either, but got it out too
I think this is where we first spotted to completely busted up bearing, it was shattered Mess Level = 11.5 |
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couldn't get to the third flat screw this way, so realized the rag joint has to come off to fully slide it out - even the rag joint needed a puller to git off
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getting there, this is the last pic for the night, but I did take the ball bearings out of that thing that sits on the warm gear, and hopefully I didn't loose none
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... oh oh, the wife just pulled in the driveway, time to vacuum the house...
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Disposal fee for what? The core you should have given them? Greg, this is Sanity calling. Convert to manual steering? Do you have a 24" diameter steering wheel? Or Arnold's biceps? :) I went the opposite direction on my old 69 C10. Converting to PS was more bang-for-the-buck than any mod I did on that truck, just ahead of dual exhausts. And I did it all with junkyard parts. Only downside was my then 17 year old daughter decided she liked to drive it. |
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Manwel steering
The single complaint my 6'6", 300# father had about his 1981 GMC with a straight six and 3OTT (ie a light as you can get truck) was that the manual steering with the stock wheel was very high effort. I actually used to have to have the seat belt cinched down tight to keep me in the seat to turn the wheels sitting still on concrete.
I strongly beg to to reconsider. On the other hand your wife will drive the truck once in a concrete parking lot and then will never do it again. I have manual steering in the truck I'm looking at drag racing. All the DD's will / do be power, and I'm a man who likes my trucks with no frills (5 squares, exactly 1 set power doors...) |
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Manual steering. I'm in big time. I've been considering it too for my old rag. I've got my reasons. Lol. It's funny to me but my truck has manual brakes. Everybody wants power brakes. Honestly I never cared for power brakes. My old 74 had power brakes and I never really cared for it. I'm a bird of a different feather.
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I will admit that the rear has new riveted shoes, finned drums, and wheel cylinders. Even springs and most of the hardware is new. All I did to the front was replace the nearly worn-out pads with some mid-level pads from O'Reilly Auto. Someday I'll probably get loaded calipers with Wagner Thermo Quiet pads and have the rotors turned. |
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the latest addition to the workshop, man it feels good to be back in the game, looks right at home on that cart don't it
let there be sparks those of you familiar with the Lincoln MIG 110 volt machines may pick up that this is the 140C model, the C stands for "Can't get it from Lowe's or Home Depot" ha ha it's a step above the Retail machines and costs twice as much and weighs twice as much as well, has better guts made of metal rather than plastic, etc. also I can get the spool gun for it if and when the time comes to stick some thin aluminum together The Greg is Happy! |
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