Blueballz build thread

[Sal's '55 Chevy]

Originally Posted by ironadict

So this just ****ing happened. Trying to put the bolt in the back of the hinge and the damn square washer just fell out of my fender... is there ANY easy way to getting this back in? I’m thinking the only way is pull the tire use a hole saw on the top outer corner of cab so I can put it back in and then weld it up again?

im sure you can put it back on from inside the cab no need to pull a holesaw out

[ironadict]

Originally Posted by Sal's '55 Chevy

im sure you can put it back on from inside the cab no need to pull a holesaw out

Only thing I can see inside the cab is maybe someone with really thin arms can reach around the vent blade and put it in there. Unless maybe behind the dash it opens to there. I’ll have to check when I get home. All else fails I’ll just drill a hole big enough for a socket and put a regular nut on there and throw a rubber plug in it so I can get to it later.

[joedoh]

Originally Posted by ironadict

Only thing I can see inside the cab is maybe someone with really thin arms can reach around the vent blade and put it in there. Unless maybe behind the dash it opens to there. I’ll have to check when I get home. All else fails I’ll just drill a hole big enough for a socket and put a regular nut on there and throw a rubber plug in it so I can get to it later.

I had this happen on a 65 door hinge (captured nut break), thats exactly what I did, drilled a small hole and used a nut.

[ndeep]

the nut just sits in a braket, you may have to pull fender partialy off to access it though

[ironadict]

Originally Posted by ndeep

the nut just sits in a braket, you may have to pull fender partialy off to access it though

Thanks yeah I was under there to pop a hole and I noticed it up there. I didn’t even remember seeing it there when my fenders were off.

[ironadict]

Fabbed up a new front bed/step support. Notched for drive shaft. Cleaned up the bed a bit threw it on.
Got it aligned and took it on the freeway before the bed was on and it shook pretty bad from 60-70mph. I’m hopping it just needs the wheels balanced better. Maybe having the bed on will help a little since there’s weight back there now.

[slammed57]

nice work, where did you get that watts bar set up? looks pretty beefy and stout!