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 > ======================================= > > ------------------------------------ Ole Chevy and GMC trucks rule! To unsubscribe, send an email (with no subject, no body, just the email), to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.comyahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/old-chevy-truck/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: old-chevy-truck-dig...@yahoogroups.com old-chevy-truck-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: old-chevy-truck-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/