What did you do to your deuce this week?

[frank8003]

Fixed a ground with soldier "B"

 

[Another Ahab]

You could probably get by with just taking off the top cover, the one with the machine screws and back pad...hit both with a wire wheel and then shoot some paint and primer...but mine needed a tad more TLC. It was demilled by Uncle Sam and sat in a yard for a while and tossed around...it was cut and dropped and turned into a oval. But she works again. Spent a good few months of Sundays fixing it. Not fun but hey a gun ring with legs and a M2 cradle for under $1000.

How did you get it back to round, heat it up and just wail on it?!

 

[goodwithwood35]

How did you get it back to round, heat it up and just wail on it?!

Cut out the slag and ugliness Uncle Sam's torch left behind, found out it was about 7/16" out of round and about 1/2" of gap to fill in. Used a porta-power (hydraulic portable jack) to force it back and hold it round while welding the gap.


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[Another Ahab]

How did you get it back to round, heat it up and just wail on it?!

Cut out the slag and ugliness Uncle Sam's torch left behind, found out it was about 7/16" out of round and about 1/2" of gap to fill in. Used a porta-power (hydraulic portable jack) to force it back and hold it round while welding the gap.

You really mind your details, impressive.

I thought you meant like it was "oval" and WAY out of round.

I went back to check the pics and found the shot. You know your stuff!

 

[goodwithwood35]

You really mind your details, impressive.

I thought you meant like it was "oval" and WAY out of round.

I went back to check the pics and found the shot. You know your stuff!



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Thank you...I get by with basic resources around my garage...Not bad oval, but oval enough so it wouldn't turn when done.


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[m715mike]

Thank you...I get by with basic resources around my garage...Not bad oval, but oval enough so it wouldn't turn when done.

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We need a mod to change your screen name to "goodwithwood, gunrings, and anything else that will fit in my garage and driveway 35"!!!

I'm looking forward to your complete restoration thread. Now I'm looking forward to summer as much as my teenager!

 

[goodwithwood35]

We need a mod to change your screen name to "goodwithwood, gunrings, and anything else that will fit in my garage and driveway 35"!!!

I'm looking forward to your complete restoration thread. Now I'm looking forward to summer as much as my teenager!

LOL...thank you. I'm sort of a "Hack of all trades" and "Too stubborn and cheap to pay for someone else to do it" type of guy.

And yeah, my garage is a mess. Once this thing is mounted on the truck I'll have a functional work area again. My wife keeps bugging me to clean it up. We have a 3 car garage and can barely fit one car in it due to my MV hobby and lack of time. But then she gets mad when I spend time on my hobby...One nice thing about being a teacher is that summers coming. But then there is always something that comes along and needs to happen to the old deuce. But it's fun nevertheless.


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[Another Ahab]

Thank you...I get by with basic resources around my garage...Not bad oval, but oval enough so it wouldn't turn when done.

Okay, I get it now.

It has to be spot-on round to spin.

I wondered why you bothered with that 7/16" (like who's going to notice, who cares?).

But of course: you HAD to.

 

[Tracer]

LOL...thank you. I'm sort of a "Hack of all trades" and "Too stubborn and cheap to pay for someone else to do it" type of guy.

And yeah, my garage is a mess. Once this thing is mounted on the truck I'll have a functional work area again. My wife keeps bugging me to clean it up. We have a 3 car garage and can barely fit one car in it due to my MV hobby and lack of time. But then she gets mad when I spend time on my hobby...One nice thing about being a teacher is that summers coming. But then there is always something that comes along and needs to happen to the old deuce. But it's fun nevertheless.


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A humble term for being a Craftsman.

 

[Yarz]

I just finished up repacking the bearings on the left side of both rear axles. It's a constant battle to keep the oil out, usually on that side only.

 

[goodwithwood35]

We need a mod to change your screen name to "goodwithwood, gunrings, and anything else that will fit in my garage and driveway 35"!!!

I'm looking forward to your complete restoration thread. Now I'm looking forward to summer as much as my teenager!

One of the nice things about being a teacher...I look forward to my summers like a kid all over again.


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[winfred]

my wheel checks showed up

 

[gimpyrobb]

NICE! I plan on getting some for my trucks too.

 

[Another Ahab]

my wheel checks showed up

Nice.

What's the visual "flag" of a loose nut?

What's the failure mode look like?

 

[gimpyrobb]

The pointer out of alignment.

 

[winfred]

unique truck equipment seemed to have the best price after a decent amount of searching of 77 for a bag of 100 delivered, some places are twice that, i ended up using 96 1 1/2", didn't do the rim bolts as i think they'll be ok with the bell washers at 500 foot pounds

NICE! I plan on getting some for my trucks too.

yup aint where ya left it = bad, i pointed them where a loose lug would rotate into the hub but the adapter bolts are nut and bolt so i guess they could drift in or out, almost tempted to tack weld the bolt heads so i could torque them without a back up but that may be overkill and i don't want to effect the strength (even though i suspect one bolt could likely pick the whole 16k ish pound truck up

Nice.

What's the visual "flag" of a loose nut?

What's the failure mode look like?

 

[rustystud]

my wheel checks showed up
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These wheel checks are really nice to have. All our busses got them installed after a few wheels came loose and two actually came off one bus and one hit a pedestrian !

 

[59apache]

My buddy shows me that...with a rattle can flat black and a white marker.
A small stripe from the center of thr bolt over the nut.
Look more vintage

 

[Another Ahab]

Nice.

What's the visual "flag" of a loose nut?

What's the failure mode look like?

The pointer out of alignment.

So you line them all up simillarly (same angle) so when one "droops" (or moves) it's noticeable immediately (because it's alone and out of whack).

That's it, right?

 

[winfred]

yep

So you line them all up simillarly (same angle) so when one "droops" (or moves) it's noticeable immediately (because it's alone and out of whack).

That's it, right?