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My opinion is that unions are a big part of it...also, we as a society choose a standard of living that includes reasonably clean air, clean water, minimum wage laws, all which adds to manufacturing costs as factories must spend millions complying...a factory in indonesia that dumps raw sewage into the river and spews black sulpher and mercury ridden smoke into the atmosphere and pays workers 25 cents a day has a great advantage over an american factory. My own company is going to outsource our accounts payable to india, where there are accuracy gaurantees and is 50% less expensive...I do not agree with it but I understand the necessity I'm not saying it is right or wrong, it is what we choose as a society. I would be happier if some of my tax dollars went to subsidising American manufacturers that keeps jobs here to make it an even playing field, that is a good solution in my opinion!

This is the first time EVER I have jumped into a political discussion...before I get jumped on, my idealogy is near right and far right...but I am also a realist, there are reasons manufacturing jobs are moving overseas and the main ones ARE NOT the fault of the manufacturers OR the politicians! All you have to do is ask youself WHY it is profitable to move your manuafacturing operation overseas and you will have your answer. I have my flak jacket on...

I got a Mack T-Shirt from my daughter!

Yeah, that what I kept waiting on too! Merry Christmas everyone!

Will check all of these suggestions out...will also get the inside dimensions of the frame rails...once I get the steer tires back in the front and replace the front seals I will air up the tires and should have the strongest bounce possible and the camera may reveal more clues... Though I feel it in my seat, you can actually see the radiator and hood bouncing up and down what looks like several inches...I just dont see how an imblanced wheel (which has been spin balanced with the tire) can cause this much problem, though it does take a second or two to "build"... Once again, thanks for all of the input...

Well, today I filled all of the holes with grade 8 bolts and EVERYTHING is tight, I guarantee the frame rails are not moving...all it did was AMPLIFY the bounce, it is worse than it has ever been and now at a few mph larger range....I guess the little bit of frame looseness from the row of empty bolt holes was absorbing some of the bounce...I guess I am back at square one...Whenever the sun shines I will get the video back out and try to locate the source...

Naughty!! (I hope)

Once upon a time there was a Prince who asked a beautiful Princess to marry him. She said "NO"!!! And the Prince lived happily ever after and rode motorcycles, drove big mack trucks, and banged skinny long-legged, big-titted broads and hunted and fished and raced cars and flew aerobatic airplanes and went to naked bars and dated women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and banged cheerleaders and kept his house and guns and ate spam and potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was frikin cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The end.

The easiest way is to simply be on the webpage you want the link from...click in the address bar, which highlights the address, then right click, select copy... In your post, just put the cursor where you eant the ling to be, and right click again and select paste...like so http://www.bigmacktr...4864#entry94864 And viola!

I dont know if half my mind is trying to convince the other half that we have found the answer or not, but the feeling, like everyone said, was that it was coming from the rear because I felt it fully in my seat, which some poeple said was from the rears, but the video should the rears NOT moving, but it has always felt like it was coming from under the back of the cab... My first step will be to fill in all of the empty holes and make sure everything is torqued properly...then I will sit down and figure out what to do about another crossmember...I got to get throught Christmas first though! Thanks everyone for your input...

http://www.truckpape...px?OHID=3278936&

Sorry you have to break up your collection...

Gotta watch them typo's!

Can I make airplane noises when I do this manuver?

Thanks Rob!

There is a set of plier type on craigslist! Better snap them up for $50! http://appleton.craigslist.org/tls/2744860633.html

Lisle makes a "manual" one!

Thanks Rob...I stuck my head up the Stemco site's skirt and could find no cross match for the number that Larry gave...

Luckily, my wear rings look perfect! DO you have the stemco part number? I dont want to take it apart again till I have the seal or I would measure everything...

Was it the gaseous pintoxides that changed the molecular structure of the vinyl?

The only cross members are the one at the back of the cab and the one at the rear, these plus the trunnion mount is all there is...I will start tightening and filling holes... Thanks

Here are a couple of the pictures...only the inside frame was shortened...dont know if they bought new rails or what, but the outside rails are NOT spliced...also, cant figure why there are two cuts on the inner rails...

This is a much better price than the $2K shell listed elsewhere on ebay...the other side is listed also...these even have the vent window latches! http://www.ebay.com/itm/B-model-Mack-Truck-Passenger-Door-/220913165883?hash=item336f73663b&item=220913165883&pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&vxp=mtr

A line from a funny movie...