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Old 01-15-2015, 10:39 AM   #2476
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...and they may be Japanese bikes but you can't run them on straight rice, the would be ridiculous, you have to add raw fish.
You crack me up....

ALL i wanted to do was install my NOS yellow knobs....but, my PO had his hands in there and forgot to install all the parts
How that wheel stayed on is a mystery to me! Since the rotation on the drivers side wants to back off the nut

Tools----Lisle #27400 or 27250
Parts----Spicer locking kit

He didn t install one of the locking nuts, and this caused the ring tang to mess up the threads, a little work with my thread file ( 16tpi) and i was able to install locking nut, btw, the locking ring is designed to be flipped over, so you can install it w/o changing you torque setting on the first locking nut

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Old 01-15-2015, 10:44 AM   #2477
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Spicer locking kit, one locking nut is installed, but s/b four total


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Old 01-15-2015, 12:12 PM   #2478
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Old 01-15-2015, 03:10 PM   #2479
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Oh wait, so after all that the part with the holes turned out to be a washer and not a nut? Interesting.
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Old 01-15-2015, 05:45 PM   #2480
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Oh wait, so after all that the part with the holes turned out to be a washer and not a nut? Interesting.
Yes, it was seized to the axle stub, by not being held in place with the second locking nut
and looked like it was threaded on.

That s why it takes me a hundred pages
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Old 01-15-2015, 05:57 PM   #2481
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Sure hope yours doesn t take this long...


...me too ...but I'm sure there'll be something else..gotta have something, right?
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Old 01-15-2015, 08:27 PM   #2482
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Yes, it was seized to the axle stub, by not being held in place with the second locking nut
and looked like it was threaded on.

That s why it takes me a hundred pages
Well, good thing it was seized on there, that's why your wheel didn't come off. You have to concentrate on the positives.
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Old 01-16-2015, 01:57 AM   #2483
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Well, good thing it was seized on there, that's why your wheel didn't come off. You have to concentrate on the positives.
Ok i m postive that wheel would have fallen off, had i not given it some attention
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Old 01-17-2015, 11:31 AM   #2484
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Done, much better! Now i can get back to the Fuel Injection


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Old 01-17-2015, 11:34 AM   #2485
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Well done...looks great. And you don't have to worry about it running off!
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Old 01-17-2015, 11:39 AM   #2486
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Well done...looks great. And you don't have to worry about it running off!
Thanks, it s been fun, now i know how to take a locking hub apart.....also, thanks for your help, we can all use some

Sorry to hear about your grille, but i read you re not the first. Looks like it s time to source out an OEM one. Good work on the truck tho
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Old 01-19-2015, 11:19 AM   #2487
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I like the look of that wheel and tire combo, great work Jim.
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Old 01-19-2015, 03:26 PM   #2488
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Old 01-20-2015, 08:41 AM   #2489
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Nice!
Thank you Sirs....

As far as the wheels go, i wanted something differant. Steelies look great, but everyone that is anybody on the board is running them. So, i went steelies, only on a corvette theme. I had the 4" beauty ring on there but, it covered up too much of my wheel. So, i went with the hot rod beauty rings from wheels vintique, still sets off the wheel just more shadow lines, and i can still pinstripe them

I put bead bags in them, so no weights show

Thanks for looking
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Old 01-20-2015, 07:12 PM   #2490
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Very nice Jim, I like the look of your rims.
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Old 01-21-2015, 11:02 AM   #2491
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Very nice Jim, I like the look of your rims.
Thanks John, you re the one that started them, i got that great deal on the first tire out in Lancaster
Future plans are to polish up my slots, and run them in the summer
Your truck turned out fantastic, can t wait to see it in person
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Old 02-06-2015, 01:54 PM   #2492
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It finally happened....hit a wall after 14 years, had no interest in working on my truck....
Solution: spend money on it

So, i bought a used Vintage Air from the parts board ( thanks dan)
Yanked out the heater core and cover, inside box, only cut myself 12 times, blood thinners sure make you bleed alot

Their firewall cover left alot to be desired, so i started making my own fill plates out of 1/8" diamond plate




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I hear you on hitting the wall. Sometimes I wonder why I do projects. Years of working and spending money and no playing. Like you, ordering a box of new parts and a weekend away from the garage usually tears the wall down for me!
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Old 02-06-2015, 09:54 PM   #2494
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I hear you on hitting the wall. Sometimes I wonder why I do projects. Years of working and spending money and no playing. Like you, ordering a box of new parts and a weekend away from the garage usually tears the wall down for me!
Yeah well, i hope i don t hit another one, got no one to pick up the pieces, and this build will stall

You did the right thing and got your bills in order, well done Son!

We do builds for the pure joy of building and creating. It s not always about the ride. Alot of times it s about the people you meet and communicate with along that road. I have enuff vehicles to give the thrill of driving....cars motorcycles boats snowmobiles, all provide excitment...but, no one can come into my shop and build....that s why i do it
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I hear you. Other than coming onto the forum I don't really have anyone near me to keep me going when I get stalled out.

Thanks for the comment on my finances. It has been brutal, but we are coming out the other side now and never looking back to debt again. Thank Goodness!

Good luck with the blazer and keep thinking about how awesome it is going to be driving that Blazer through the beautiful Pennsylvania mountains.
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I hear you. Other than coming onto the forum I don't really have anyone near me to keep me going when I get stalled out.

Thanks for the comment on my finances. It has been brutal, but we are coming out the other side now and never looking back to debt again. Thank Goodness!

Good luck with the blazer and keep thinking about how awesome it is going to be driving that Blazer through the beautiful Pennsylvania mountains.
That s the plan, find a dirt road, hopefully a trout stream will be at the end. Top off, lovely wife at my side and oldies playing on Sirius. What could be better in life
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Old 02-08-2015, 11:57 AM   #2497
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Used Fooses idea on template making, this time went much faster (bought the proper tool for the job)

Now just some lathe time for the blower hole


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That sounds like a good day to me!

Did a great job on the fit of those templates.
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Old 02-08-2015, 08:18 PM   #2499
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That sounds like a good day to me!

Did a great job on the fit of those templates.
Thanks, the sander was all the differance, should ve bought one years ago....50.00 clearance sale, a guy in the store handed me a 20% off coupon
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