mechohaulic

anyone notice the T-2070B doesn't have a fourth gear , I know it does; missprint

seems mind set of younger generation unfortunately . know a 23 yr old truck driver (relative =won't say how ) LOL that is proud of his fancy red triaxle with "flat top eights" for us older folks ,myself included ;; flat top eights means twin 8 in flat exhaust pipes. he didn't like my reply :: don't sound as good as a B81 .

might not be a matter of will the e7 350 handle the 600 hp, seems more like will the one behind the wheel know how to respect the 350 pushing 600hp. have been very fortunate to learn from a REAL mechanic building a 318 DD yrs ago; he had it tuned to point where exhaust stacks were blue ; point being the driver knew the HP was there when needed. not there every time key turned on. back then not many were concerned of actual HP engine had ; just knew it could.

exhaust noise was the written complaint. main issue was the two team drivers thought their sh-t didn't stink. they were also the pair given one of the first 866 's on the road for trials. FL700. i'm being careful NOT to call it a prototype this time . LOL '' I still remember the day it came in on flat bed. front axle was back passed the fuel tanks. my "baby" was totaled and I WAS PIS-ED

might have to seriously consider going back to locking fuel caps. news this am showed thieves stealing from gas stations after station closed for the night. most stations (till now ) never locked the fill covers .

I can only remember seeing one new mack come through with the in cab oil check set up. don't recall any with the fuel heater switch ;;last switch to left of 5th wheel .

wouldn't take a lot to make nice looking cross brace. heavy wall pipe ( 1 in ? ) with ends flatten out. drill hole both ends and bolt to some brackets. duals always look sharp. my concern is the added noise behind drive side. had a customer that demanded duals on a rented COE. dual set was installed . wasn't long after came back complaining too much noise in bunk .

agree with paul about the welder. have taken a number of broken out with the welder. larger nut over the stud ; welded nut gives more leverage to work broken stud. challenge not to weld base having the broken parts.

"" I thought i heard a strange noise; so I turned my radio up louder" . oops, think i'm dating myself again;; Not a radio; today it's headset, telephone or whatever they use.

a bank teller when asked of coin shortage , stated " there is none, the government started it". so many are in debt with plastic and when the paper dollar is worthless (like now ). no one will have coin to survive. ever stop and think of the motive behind things like james bond movies? NOT money the bad guy wants world power. check the details of the terminator movie. two came back in time because the world was a cluster f mess . sounds a little extreme (maybe ). for my grand children i feel sorry. notice how the virus is slowly coming back in the news! physer wants more of the billions of $$$ . now their saying a second dose is needed. if (when) the end shows up ; i want to be sitting in a beautiful (green dash) DM800

once again another fact is proven . no matter how long a person does a job , there's always room for new knowledge . after 50 yrs wrenching never knew they were olives. i know plenty of times when the line wouldn't move i called the brass ferrells alot of other names.

one of the best teachers is yourself when taking things apart to see what makes them tick. i never stop preaching safety .

older style had a couple of springs under the valve plates not hefty just long enough to throw dirt or whatever. point is advised to wear safety glasses not only that project == every one. even greasing .

if proper 3/4 dr " screwdriver" socket isn't available , i've used a piece of 1/4 x 1 1/2? flatstock with large adjustable wrench to work and loosen the lower nut. remove nut and thrust bearing a block of wood under the spindle held tight to spindle with floor/bottle jack. makes for solid hitting. i had a length of 1in bar -8-12 in long that had a pipe welded to it. made for safe holding of bar and short distance away from sledge hammer. one holding pipe/bar another swings the sledge. another positive of the block under spindle when king pin frees and falls the block keeps it in place spindle doesn't fall on toes

when bronze bushings were being installed, i used a large C-clamp two pieces of flat stock. all cleaned and lubed; basically hand pressed the new bushings in. the reaming was the challenge. too much sloppy spindle.

steam cleaner is best, if you can use one anymore. i had one so packed with old grease/dirt used an air hose to clean between spindle and axle . worn out was twice as bad without the packed dirt in there.

new replacements nylon; would that indicate no more reaming ?

and thank you for giving this forum an update and a positive repair made one at that.

I lucked out few times on tool acquisitions . got a 60 ton 2 speed hyd press for cash owed. brake job on a trailer (OO said he was short on cash before starting) got me a near new 1 in dr air gun CP and a 20 ton portable air jack.

that style has the taper on the king pin center. top/ bottom of pin is straight. might be different today. newly installed bushings had to be reamed out to fit pins. the bottom adjusting nut was mainly for setting the pin to thrust bearing. i have seen tightening the bottom nut help a loose spindle for a quick temporary fix. but that usually means bearing is worn and pin dropped .

and i thought the shirt was free also for buy the set .

entertainment !!! darn i almost didn't make it to my heart pills LOL that's insane .

i found if you put a number of light center punches on the jake spacer both sides it seems to hold the rubber gasket in place better also

seems i see a pattern showing up again==old is adjustable ; new is throw away. i had a 3/4 drive "screw driver style socket for adjusting , had to round corners of socket a little for secure fit. hold tension on the ratchet same time slight tapping with hammer on axle in location of king pin. it helps set the pin.

there should still be the line up arrows ? too late now for that . based on info given the steering shaft sounds to be the culprit ? yes/no. on a 4spline not much choice for mis install, i did see (yrs ago) a binding steering system which has the shaft misaligned. it was a multi spline not a 4