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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 03:52 PM
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Diamond Eye? Hum, mine hangs lower than that (and that ain't me bragging either...). Wish mine tucked up a little higher like yours.
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 09:06 PM
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Diamond Eye? Hum, mine hangs lower than that (and that ain't me bragging either...). Wish mine tucked up a little higher like yours.
I am pretty happy with how it came out. Holding the rear mount that came in the kit up to mine I am roughly 2" higher.
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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 03:46 PM
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This morning I called found a battery shop that will make up new 00 cables with spade terminals on both ends for $25.00 apiece. I am going to go that route with a group 31 battery. I can get the battery and cables cheaper than replacing the stock cables let alone the battery.
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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 05:24 PM
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A battery. Shop ???

Wow. Haven't heard of or seen one of those in a couple of decades.
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Old Mar 28, 2016 | 05:46 PM
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A battery. Shop ???

Wow. Haven't heard of or seen one of those in a couple of decades.
There are two in Sacramento. about 30 miles from my home base.
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Old Apr 3, 2016 | 07:59 PM
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I started to do the 1 ton brake conversion and found new 3/4 ton shoes and wheel cylinders. I also found really bad wore out wheel bearings and cruddy everything. Some people!
Sort of a disappointment as I was thinking all I would need were seals just in case. Since this is our "big bill paycheck" I have a couple weeks to get it all cleaned up and ready for bearings. I did manage to get the drums turned and pick up some needed supplys to clean things up paint.

Just buying a new truck one piece at a time
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Old Apr 5, 2016 | 12:48 PM
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Just buying a new truck one piece at a time

Dang nabbit !!

I knew what I was doing had some underlying meaning......
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Old Apr 5, 2016 | 04:40 PM
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Dang nabbit !!

I knew what I was doing had some underlying meaning......
LOL Once just once I would likr to take somthing apart and find that only a seal or gasket needs to be replaced.
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 08:26 AM
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LOL Once just once I would likr to take somthing apart and find that only a seal or gasket needs to be replaced.
I had a 601 Jonsered chain saw that I ran almost daily for years. It lost it's goody over time and I tore it down to see what was wrong. I replaced all the gaskets and crank seals, and put it back to work. It literally wore out the crankcase gasket. That saw was a screamer in it's day.
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Old Apr 6, 2016 | 09:40 AM
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I had a 601 Jonsered chain saw that I ran almost daily for years. It lost it's goody over time and I tore it down to see what was wrong. I replaced all the gaskets and crank seals, and put it back to work. It literally wore out the crankcase gasket. That saw was a screamer in it's day.
I had an old Yamaha CT1 175 do that when I was a kid. did the same plus new piston rings.

I just was messing with "T"Man Really. my truck is in pretty good shape aside from the known Dodgeisms But we all have those
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 07:58 PM
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I got my rear brakes put together today. I can't get the automatic adjusters to work right though. It appears the tabs that engage the adjuster are too high and just skipping across the teeth. I think I can fix that though.
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 08:29 PM
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I got my rear brakes put together today. I can't get the automatic adjusters to work right though. It appears the tabs that engage the adjuster are too high and just skipping across the teeth. I think I can fix that though.
There are left and right sided, and can also be installed backwards. Really look at them and think about how they function...I had the same problem, and once I figured out how they worked, I discovered i had them on the wrong sides...which was the sides I pulled them from, so previous workmanship.

Once I swapped them around I also found that they wouldn't hold the star adjust tight...they were worn out. So bought a couple new ones and they work great now.
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 09:04 PM
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There are left and right sided, and can also be installed backwards.
No idea who could do something like this
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Old Apr 13, 2016 | 09:41 PM
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No idea who could do something like this
So did you work on my rear diff last then.....
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Old Apr 14, 2016 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by thrashingcows
There are left and right sided, and can also be installed backwards. Really look at them and think about how they function...I had the same problem, and once I figured out how they worked, I discovered i had them on the wrong sides...which was the sides I pulled them from, so previous workmanship.

Once I swapped them around I also found that they wouldn't hold the star adjust tight...they were worn out. So bought a couple new ones and they work great now.
That's what I thought at first.
They are on the sides that are marked on them. they just aren't low enough.
I played with them for a while and got them to work manually so something isn't quite right. I am going to try the old tabs when it quits raining. It looks like the cables are just a little too short or the tabs aren't made right.
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