Popular Post leversole Posted June 15, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted June 15, 2014 Got my new prettys installed today!... 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gmerrill0516 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Perrdeeeee. Looking good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vision386 Posted June 15, 2014 Share Posted June 15, 2014 Lookin' Good Leslie! how'd the truck do on the trip?..........................................Mark Quote Mack Truck literate. Computer illiterate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTFormula Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 I was going to ask you which SL was your on the field at the picture in front of Watts but I got side tracked. Where were you parked? Quote ~ JT Burkard ~ AKA Sweaty Mackwww.jtresto.com www.wickedreputation.netwww.jonathanthomasmotorcars.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Lookin' Good Leslie! how'd the truck do on the trip?..........................................MarkEverything was great...no issues! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 I was going to ask you which SL was your on the field at the picture in front of Watts but I got side tracked. Where were you parked?Up front, across from the camping area 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Dash Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Dammit, I think I missed you with my camera. I don't recall a KW with white steel budds either. Quote Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mowerman Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 nice,,,have a ball with it...bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Good thing you waited to install the mud flaps until after the show! Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 *#*$&&$*-mother_*#&$#$*(#SON-OF-A*^#@%@$($(I can't believe it! I backed into the shop (like I always do) and not only pulled the mudflap apart, broke the supposedly springy light bar!!! *^#^#&&$*(!@! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarnall Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 That sucks. They looked great for the minute they pasted. I have ripped the flaps off my Transtar many times. My father caught a flap last year with his RL and wrecked the bracket and the tire. Luckily the tire was junk already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Leslie I did that with mine about a week after I put em on, since then the right flap has been on the tire three times and this last time it got two good holes rubbed in it. I figure its better to go ahead and mess something up, that way your not constantly nervous about it,lol. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianDzimitrowiczJr Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 if it makes you feel any better, I did the same thing to the Mack flaps on my pickup last winter. chunk of ice and I ripped the right side rear flap clean off Quote Brian1959 B61T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog13407 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 just think how youd feel when you get the nice shiney stainless fender on the back of your B model caught up in the neck of a lowboy and smash it all to hell....(whistling) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 Thanks for the kind words gentlemen! I saw at IOWA 80 they sell springs for these things...has anyone replaced one? Without taking it apart I cannot figure how you would be able to stretch the spring (on the inside) to get the bolt thru! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmer52 Posted June 16, 2014 Share Posted June 16, 2014 Maybe you shuda bought the 30" flaps. Quote Ken PRR Country and Charter member of the "Mack Pack" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 16, 2014 Author Share Posted June 16, 2014 They are 30's...I should have looked for 28's! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j hancock Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Now you get to trim to fit.Bought some 36's at Watt's over the weekend myself. Quote JimIt doesn't cost anything to pay attention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the kind words gentlemen! I saw at IOWA 80 they sell springs for these things...has anyone replaced one? Without taking it apart I cannot figure how you would be able to stretch the spring (on the inside) to get the bolt thru!Leslie if you remove the bolt that holds the spring in the middle and put your new one on the mount and then re install inside with the bolt, you'll still have some of the mounting studs sticking out. Put it thru the frame and get a but or two started and bend it down till you can get a long 1/4" bolt or screwdriver in to hold it put and tighten it up. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsb502 Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Thanks for the kind words gentlemen! I saw at IOWA 80 they sell springs for these things...has anyone replaced one? Without taking it apart I cannot figure how you would be able to stretch the spring (on the inside) to get the bolt thru!Leslie if you remove the bolt that holds the spring in the middle and put your new one on the mount and then re install inside with the bolt, you'll still have some of the mounting studs sticking out. Put it thru the frame and get a but or two started and bend it down till you can get a long 1/4" bolt or screwdriver in to hold it put and tighten it up. Quote "Any Society that would give up a little LIBERTY to gain a little SECURITY will Deserve Neither and LOSE BOTH" -Benjamin Franklin"If your gonna be STUPID, you gotta be TOUGH" "You cant always get what you want, but if you try sometimes you get what you need" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomastractorsvc Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I would take it back and ask for a new one since it broke the first time it caught. Quote Robert"I reject your reality and substitute my own." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freightrain Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 I did the same back in '96 with my new F350 dually. Had brand new flaps with diamond plates on the bottom. Back onto buddy's shop parking lot one Saturday and ripped the whole shebang off. Dammit!Like usual..........now that you screwed it up once, you don't have to be so careful anymore Quote Larry 1959 B61 Liv'n Large...................... Charter member of the "MACK PACK" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_martell Posted June 19, 2014 Share Posted June 19, 2014 Looks like you need a set of these....After ripping off and ultimately destroying the universal handling equipment flaps, I found these Mack flaps and said to myself, there's gotta be a way to move them when I think they're gonna get caught.....2 washers, a broken bungee cord and 5 minutes of welding and TADA!!!That weekend the other driver drove it and didn't hang the flaps backing over a curb and tore the outside bottom 2" off the passenger side .....%*@$!!!! 1 Quote Lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leversole Posted June 20, 2014 Author Share Posted June 20, 2014 I got it fixed! A little perseverence, come along, pry bars, blood, and sweat and I got the light bar fixed...there are no pictures of me sticking that big ass spring inside a short piece of two inch pipe and putting in the hydraulic press to shorten it, 'cause that would be a dumb idea!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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