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Are the old riveted center wheels really that problematic?

I did, our smaller (50,000#, or maybe it's 50 tons...) press works pretty good. Once I got it all figured out and got the hang of it, I didn't really even have to work at it very hard. The forklift does all the lifting and the press does all the bead breaking. No duckbill sledges or any other...

16,000# Forklift not getting it. Pinched all the way down to the floor, some Of them the tread ripped off and the bead still didn't give. Tires were so old and hard they felt like they had max pressure with the valve cores out.

I'm pretty sure some of these have been together several times longer than yours were ;-) Pictured is the ring prybar I made, kids playing on the swing over the safety tubes, early method of pulling the wheels out of the tires with the crane, later better method of using the press (and forklift...

Your description sounds like these. I got 8 out of 10 9.00s dismounted and one 11.00 mounted. The rest of the wheels will be blasted and painted, and I still have to (carefully) break dow the rest of the 11.00s.

After taking to Tom Bauer on the bookface, turns out I wasn't getting the tire bead pushed down far enough, and that's why I was having a hard time getting the rings off. The tool isn't really necessary now that I'm getting the beads down with the press. 16,000 pound forklift wasn't cutting it...

Managed to get one mounted

Cheater.

Park/emergency ​brake ;-)

I would grind/sand or machine a radius on a Grade 8 nut to match the arm and then lock it with a lock washer and jam nut.

Yeah, it's metal spray. More porous than I'd like, but that's about as good as it gets I think.

Axle shaft seal areas repaired. Bushings and seals etc. on order, hopefully have it back on it's wheels before long. Oh yeah gotta dismount 20 tires and mount ten. Yikes.

Should an LD leave a constant trail of smoke, or just on acceleration where it's getting a lot of fuel? Thanks

Repaired the muffler and reinstalled it, took it for a drive. Much better, feels like my LDS before the boost kicks in. Can actually accelerate in 5th. Leaves a nice constant, fat, trail of smoke. Might back it off a bit. Sounded a bit different after a run down the street, think I need to...

I cranked it up three revolutions from 3 threads showing to 7 like my other pump, which was still safety wired, and it starts like boom after one or two cranks, sounds smoother and healthier at idle, and smokes like it should when I rev it. Didn't have time to drive it yet, but I think we may...

My front axle had one National 450073 and one CR like the original post. The CR looks like a better, orginal seal to me. Anyone know where to get them?

Does this fuel setting look correct or close? Non turbo...thanks

This is getting to be quite a rabbit freeway runaway truck ramp... ;-) I've seen trucks in them before. We have a nasty grade near us from Ocotillo at sea level up to Jacumba at 3,000 feet, 6% grade, very hot weather in summer, and a twisty freeway, with high winds sometimes to boot. Cars and...

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