Not a whole lot of progress was made on Rusty this month. We have been busy ripping out the deck in our back yard and then replacing it with a new stamped concrete patio. However, I did manage to get a few things done....
I installed the new bushings into the spindles and then the new kingpins. I had mentioned that it is a concern if the bushings go in to easy, which luckily I feel they went in with the right amount of resistance.
At this point, I had the driver's side backing plate cleaned up and painted and the new brakes attached. I had run into a snag where I couldn't get the wheel hub off the old drums to install onto the new drums I had painted. The wheel bolts come out easy enough, but there are 3 "knobs" that poke through which I couldn't get out. I put a message on one of the truck forums and received a response back that these are actually rivets that I would have to grind off if I could "punch" them out. The poster also mentioned that he has been running his truck for years without those 3 rivets and it has never been a concern. I agree that the 6 bolts are enough to hold the hub on and grinded those suckers right off.
The next step was to install the new tapered bearings into the hubs. I packed the bearings and then installed them and started to install the drum back onto the spindle. The new bearings are a very tight fit and I can't put the drum back on without force. I stopped at this point to call Brother's Trucks for advice.
Speaking of Brother's Trucks - they had a good sale in August and I decided to purchase their one-piece glass kit for the doors. The price was too good to pass up even if I need other things more than this. I had a little bit left over from my monthly truck allowance (and birthday money), so I purchased a couple of small items that I needed to go with the radiator I still need to by and a couple of chrome goodies for the engine.
That's it for August 04, let's move on to September...
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