Vladislav

It appears to me I checked tie rod balls of my 1945 Mack and they were heat treated or chrome plated for hardness. Oppositely to modern joints where the ball works against poly inserts those older balls were pre-loaded by steel counter-hemispherical pads. So steel worked by steel and with much higher stress concentration.

That would work indeed if the washer under the lock nut is large enough. Also I'd revise the nut torque after 500-1000 miles since that tubing isn't a perfect match to the arm inner cone and may seat better during "run in" loosening the nut.

Wow, I didn't know your tyres were that bad. Thought they were just old but suitable for yard driving. Now it looks like the time for a new set. Or just keeping the truck on the jack

I belive the ball portion of such the pin is heat treated. So not that easy deal using a machine shop. Could be sure fabricated of a common steel and if the truck is for hobby with low miles that could work. At the same time my suggestion is the middle portion of the body of the pin isn't hard as the ball to not by crusty since it's supposed to withstand hit shocks.

6.14 : 5.13=1.19. About 20% increase. Notably. If you go 50MPH at certain revs you will go 60MPH than. If only the rig would have power enough to go that fast. As as was stated above you get correspondingly sized drop of pulling torque on the wheels.

And that Whispering Giant in the weeds is a treasure even in the shape it is. For parts or being revised. For the best it needs heads and crank shaft caps removed before rust makes its work and some oil or grease applied.

Custom made brass bushing in place of the bearing? Doesn't seem as a big trouble. Only if the pin top OD is not larger than the knuckle hole.

Trouble with swapping a complete axle is a distance between spring U-clamp holes. It's determined by the spacing between the springs on a particular chassis. R-model has its specific size and most if not all R's were fitted with either stud piloted hubs of Daytons. Of what gets on my mind is looking for the later series RD axle which would have same spring spacing but may have hub pilot hubs if produced late enough. Of other options it could be an axle off a CH or Vision. But in that case you need to weld the existing U-clamp holes and drill new ones. Usually spring fit area on a beam is cast wide to be drilled differently and is at the factory for a particular application. I heard people weld and redrill but I'm not sure of how nice the final result could be and that's some amount of labour too. One more point is correspondence of the drag link joint. Older axles usually had a cone pin and newer ones could be cylindrical. Of seamless ways which may be seen on my mind is identifying actual sizes of the bearings fitted in the existing hubs of the truck. Than sitting rifling through spare hub chats looking for a hub piloting hub which uses same bearing fitting. Or more advanced option - figuring all possible bearing combo's you can fit onto your spindles. Than look for a hub piloted hub (any possible to found on the market) which would suit any of the bearings fittable to the spindles. ̷O̷r̷ ̷j̷u̷s̷t̷ ̷n̷o̷t̷ ̷s̷t̷i̷r̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷ ̷p̷o̷t̷ ̷a̷n̷d̷ ̷l̷e̷a̷v̷e̷ ̷t̷h̷e̷ ̷t̷r̷u̷c̷k̷ ̷w̷i̷t̷h̷ ̷i̷t̷s̷ ̷o̷r̷i̷g̷i̷n̷a̷l̷ ̷s̷t̷u̷d̷ ̷p̷i̷l̷o̷t̷e̷d̷ ̷h̷u̷b̷s̷.̷ Vlad

Cool trailer! Will suit someone's prperty pretty fine!

Speaking the original truck its bed covers the chassis from observation. This way it may be actually in poor shape. Sure possibly not. But as I remember the VIN of the truck is a single axle tractor, not a tandem. Chassis mods? BTW was there any starting bid this time?

It was on flea-bay a few weeks back I belive. We discussed it. Nice looking truck definitely. My guess it will sell this time.

Cool looking unit! Thanks for sharing

Noted just now. Midliner at the right in the above pic has American style wheels. So that's a CM-model. The 2nd one in the raw more looks like a common European style CS.

Found three threads so far: 2014 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/37385-mackdag-2014-amsterdam-the-netherlands/#comment-263361 2016 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/47255-amsterdam-mack-day-2016-show-pictures/#comment-348819 2019 https://www.bigmacktrucks.com/topic/59468-mackdag-amsterdam-the-netherlands/#comment-434238 Need to dig deeper in "my attachments" to find posts from the past.

It isn't getting worse. It gets further on. Cool!

Great to hear you enjoyed the event! I tried my best attending it for a bit less than a decade on an annual basis until I could. The interruption started from COVID times. In the past I posted a few reports with pics from there. I can find them and put the links. Just not sure if you like me to steal your thunder.

Wow! She get's in shape very promising! A half an hour with a sander in hands sounds like a normal working range. Sanders have tendency to overheat too. Good way to go is combining putting one spot into shape and applying epoxy patches onto another.

Yes, that's former Saint-Germain Transport truck from Quebec, Canada. That picture was taken 6 or 7 years ago but it's look is still the same in general. I recently put new OEM bumper on it, polished RH tank and changed the tail lights to LED units. It looks good on pictures indeed but in fact the truck was well worn out passing uncount kilometers of rough Russian roads and way not everything that needed to be fixed was fixed in time. So my trick with "just putting bright wheels on and paint the sheet metal" as I initially had on my mind didn't work. Actual job was done to the parts removed from the 2nd similar truck which plays a role of donor so far. But seems it will became the project truck instead of this one when I put everything onto it. To the moment I have the cab completely rebuilt and painted, fixed and painted the hood, took apart a whole set of suspension and drive line parts which than were revised, media-blasted and painted and are waiting to get back together. The engine block is done with new liners, heads rebuilt, gearbox housings prepped and about 100% of needed new spares are purchased. So the project is going to be a nice turn out but it will take time. And the main point at the moment I'm focused on a different truck

Nice to see you back on the path!

Dean, Not many words could be said describing what was seen on the pictures you posted. Too sorry for the losses and too happy to learn you saved what survived. Hope two strong experienced hands can build the situation up and even made it improoved. Just needs time and elbow greae. Wish you power enough for all that to be done. And glad to hear the LJ passed the distress with those minimal losses.

Hi, Here's a picture of my R-model Mack. The truck was made in 1988 in Canada and had its sleeper installed at a dealership. As guys said above in the US R-models were mostly used for local operations and construction works. So typically were not eqiupped with sleepers. Canada seems being another story and my truck was a highway tractor. I hope the overall look will help you in your project. Vlad

Here you can also see that cab. just "slightly integrated"

Maybe well equipped living compartment? I don't see the listing so difficult to judge. Western F-model daycab seems as exotic but wouldn't bring much coins being just it.

Sad news to hear. He and the movie are legends. Rest In Peace.

Very interesting subject, thanks for tharing. The chassis is definitely chain driven but unfortunately I'm not informed enough for a right guess.