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a little spin on layinrocker65 idea of welding on the washers to keep the C lips from coming out, I decided to weld some on to the pins rather than attempting to mushroom the ends
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That works!
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fellow truckers, lemme see if I can explain this situation so maybe you can help me
how tight are we supposed to make these hinges, I think I collapsed the pin on the rebuilt one just the way I found it so there is about 1/16 of an inch gap in the clam shell if you will, so is it supposed to be that loose or is it supposed to be zero lash ? |
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then it was time to repair the driver side top hinge
second verse same as the first but a whole lot messier and a whole lot worse |
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this one required more brainstrology
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so we procured the rustiest square a tubing we could find, this was gonna give us that right angle stopper piece
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and since no one will ever see this piece and never know what the repair looks like, I decided to spend many many hours making it as original as possible
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there, not too shabby, and once we spray it with some rust, no one will be the wiser
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and here I am drilling a pressure relief pilot hole in hopes of persuading that rusted pin out
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08-16-2021, 09:49 PM | #2035 |
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My hinges were at "zero" lash when I did them. I wanted everything to be as tight as possible.
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and the carnage begins
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Nice work on the hinge repair. Good luck on drilling out the pin.
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Anyway... I would think you want those hinges pretty tight. That little bit of slop at the hinge will turn into a lot more at the latch.
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so got crackin on the hinges some more, and things were going backwards quick
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a little blood, sweat, and spilled beers
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great tip, I took your advice
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and texter side done! feeling cute may shoot some paint on them later, IDK
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and in true Greg like fashion once again I got 3 out of 4 pieces done and decided to take a break!
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Those should work 👍🏻
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yay me got the fourth one done
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I tell you what doing things half @ss sucks, it just takes too long, all that sanding, wire wheelin' the rust, vacuuming it out, blowing it out, what happened to good ol' quality half @ss work, ha ha
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so after wire a wheelin' these bolts what do we use on them, loc tight or anti seizure?
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I used the “anti seizure” stuff
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