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  1. Geoff Weeks
    Well I think you have to start with Bolt type chambers or clamp type? Then there is the issue of clearance. Both have to be looked at. The remote chambers were because there wasn't room on the heavier axles for "piggy-backs". There were piggy back conversions for the bolt together chambers, although I haven't seen one in decades.
  2. Geoff Weeks
    With today's trucks, a rotator makes sense, but I agree with you. If you want to pull a modern rig off the side of the road with an old wrecker, it is going to take two trips, one for the trailer and one to hook the tractor from the rear. Working wrecks, a rotator can get in closer and take up less of the road to do the same job, that said just close it down for the few minutes it takes the old equipment to do the job. Those million dollar trucks have to be paid for by fees and prices have gone up with the cost of the equipment.
  3. Geoff Weeks
    Pull that plug and look inside. If there is a 16 tooth wheel in there, all you need is a pick-up and speedo head. I have or had, I'd have to look to see if I still had it, a bearing retainer that had both ports, one for gear driven cable and one for mag pick-up . It was for a Fuller. Photo of the back of the trans would help.
  4. Geoff Weeks
    M's were emission engines of the late 70's early 80's.
  5. Geoff Weeks
    From what I can see, both fore and after are shot, the transverse are less clear. I can also see a part number in the forged rod on one of them, not clear enough to read the number, but there is one there.
  6. Geoff Weeks
    A lot of those bushing all look the same, but there are different O/D's for different rods. IHC used some like that and they had forged rods and fab'd rods (tube) and they bushing were different. Also some of Atro's rods were of their own design and took yet another bushing, all have the same dimensions between mount holes. I would clean up the forged rods and through the bushing in the freezer for24 hrs, then press them in. Good results doing that. The fab'd rods weren't as good so sometimes would just by Atro's pre made units.
  7. Geoff Weeks
    Atro should be able to either get bushing or possibly whole torque arms : https://atrobushing.com/atro-torque-rod-finder P.S.their older catalog, had the bushing by dimension as well, their newer catalogs I find harder to use. I might have an old Atro cat on a hard drive, if I can find it I'll post it.
  8. Geoff Weeks
    Looks like your going to be needing some torque arm bushings as well!
  9. Geoff Weeks
    There are places that GPS looses signal, just something to be aware of. Cable driven speedo's are a pain in a commercial vehicle. Electronic speedo's driven off a tone ring on the trans tailshaft solve all of the problems. They'll run for millions of miles without a problem. Which is why they took over the truck market for speedo's when they came out. Only need 4 wires (5 if a two speed rear) and are easy to install.
  10. Geoff Weeks
    Here are the ratio steps: https://thompsonmachinery.com/content/uploads/2017/04/10speed-Eaton.pdf
  11. Geoff Weeks
    Couldn't agree more! A transmission in search of an application. I had two (one 10 and one 15) and hated them both. idiot-proof (repeat shift pattern) but a 9 is better than a 10 and a 13 has them both beat.
  12. Geoff Weeks
    IHC's I had used an outer plate from the get-go in that area. If Mack didn't and it led to cracks, then may be later ones had a plate added from the get-go. Parts manuals should tell the tale.
  13. Geoff Weeks
    Plate on the inside may be because they set it up for double frame, then they only have to spec one rod for single or double frame trucks. My Marmon is that way. Just duplicate the plates you take off, and you'll be good.
  14. Geoff Weeks
    Dr. Bill C's Freightshaker.
  15. Geoff Weeks
    Fairly sure that is factory. It spreads out the side load on the frame. The distance from the inside of the frame to the axle is the critical one, outside the frame doesn't matter or change anything. Take it off, repair the rust jack and either replace the plate with new steel or re-use if not bad.
  16. Geoff Weeks
    I think I can say every day! I can make exceptions for some people, but it is a rare animal that I can't find some good in.
  17. Geoff Weeks
    Rory's time was last night. Yesterday we went to the vet for his monthly arthritis shot, then to the dog park for an hr. After dinner he asked to go out. When he didn't ask to come back in 15 min later, I went looking for him. He had gone as far as his long lead would allow into the alfalfa, layed down and expired. He was the 1st I had to choose his time. Mostly I had to make the choice to stop the suffering. Rory didn't seam to be in pain or otherwise suffering. 14 years for a dog of his size is well outside the adv lifespan. Damn, I'm having a tough day today. Rory the day we adopted him, and with my brother's dog.
  18. Geoff Weeks
    just disconnect the main lead, that killed it on mine that looked like that.
  19. Geoff Weeks
    Many disk crashes ago I had Eaton plumbing for the different slave valves. I could be wrong but I don't think there was an 18 in the chrome knob era. You'll at very least need the range push-pull below the knob, it can't all be done on the chrome knob.
  20. Geoff Weeks
    The way I read the note, that number is correct for his engine if built after 1960 or other engines built after 1962, and he need only measure the width of the current bearings to be sure.
  21. Geoff Weeks
    does this help?
  22. Geoff Weeks
    Anything where parts are getting hard to find, 1st find out what you have before chasing parts. Having a ground crank after chasing std bearings leaves you out money and time. Same goes for machine work, if the crank or bores (on a non lined engine) will clean up at 1st undersize but all you can find is .040, cutting to .010 will be a waste of money. See what you have, then see what you can get, and go from there.
  23. Geoff Weeks
    Yeah, that's how they are called here for the most part.
  24. Geoff Weeks
    Traction control valve/ABS, as to why it is leaking, well you can't tell that from a picture. 1st thing to do is disconnect the electrical and see if it still leaks, if it does it is the valve, if it doesn't then you have a traction control problem.
  25. Geoff Weeks
    You jogged my memory about those. I had forgotten about that. Still, they shouldn't come into play with a tractor towing a trailer. Might be malfunctioning tho.

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