THANX ALL ! .
I took a 3/4" deep socket and some penetrant , wire brushes and so on , my son
attacked it with gusto and wound up angrily breaking off three of the U-Bolts
in a fit of pique .
It turns out this old Task Force truck was a desert rig (?) from Arizona , the
tie rod had been gusseted by dint of welding some 1/4" angle iron to it and the
axle beam proper , is _bent_ (wow) .
I removed the leaf springs and tossed them on the curb for the scrap guys , the
same will happen to the axle with spindles as soon as I get time to strip off
the brakes .
Of course , this was the maiden voyage for my '76 C2500 Jimmy , it buzzed right
out there and back with aplomb , my son even likes it and wants me to keep it
now .
After we got back and unloaded and dropped him off , I took it to the Test Only
smog station where if flew right through the emissions test ~ the Technician
was impressed with how clean I'd made it and how well it purred .
-Nate
Garnet wrote:
>
> Nate,
>
> I hope this helps. The U-Bolt nuts on my 1959 front axle take a 3/4 inch
> deep socket for three of the nuts on each side. The 4th nut on each side
> the 3/4 inch socket won't fit on and a 13/16 inch deep socket is not quite
> tight. Why is one nut on each side a larger size? There is nothing caked
> on these two nuts.
>
> Garnet
> =======================================
>
>
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