9" rear in a jailbar truck

[flatford8]

Originally Posted by 51504bat

Direct from the Fastenal web site:

The key is consistency. Because 95% of our routes are static (trucks running fixed routes through the night to service our branches and customers), we’re able to provide consistent service and control transportation costs.

Fastenal does not currently offer shipping between East and West Zones as shown on below map.

Fastenal does not offer transportation services between the US and Canada.

Well, there ‘ya go……I thought if you went past Texas, you dropped off the edge…….that never came up when I was dealing with them so I just figured they went right to the coast.Thanks! I’ll remember that for future reference ….I guess this is why I don’t sell many big things……..Mark

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by Lanny

Hi Gary, I'm waiting for a Blue Lane Rep to call me with some details on shippng.
Talk to you then by phone.... thx, Lanny




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Sent that tracking number by PM Looks like you'll get your crate on April 1 No foolin'.
Funny, same day wife has Dr. visit on mainland and we detour 'a bit' and pickup that '71 f100 axle assembly. She's not very keen on the old 90w smell which will be wafting up from the back of my old gov't issue suburban, so I'm thinking we pick up a kid's rubber ball like 9 1/2" dia, we bring some big rubber bands cut from an old red inner tube. Oughta hold that ball against the housing for a 'gas tight' seal. I'll hear about it if not..... Edit: perhaps napa here has that gasket. Ill check tomorrow. I could trace it onto 1/2" ply and make a bolt on cover.

[Bored&Stroked]

Duct tape and a rubber ball!

[GB SISSON]

Our napa here is closed on Sunday so I can't ask about a gasket. Could happen tomorrow, but deflating that ball slightly so it fits in and them pumping it up would be perfect. Without some sealing method I can already hear my wife talking to her sister on the phone next day..... "All the way home all I could smell was his stinky rear end!" sheesh is there a 'roll eyes' imogee here?

[Ray in La Mesa]

You could also just rap a large plastic trash bag around it.

[ford38v8]

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Gary, if all your wife has got to complain about is smelling the old greaser’s rear end, I’m thinking she must be pretty content with her life in the boonies.

[Bored&Stroked]

Poor woman . . . poor poor woman . . .

[GB SISSON]

Her moving up onto Mt. Pickett with me was getting out of the boonies for her. Born and raised on Vashon Island which has two ferry routes serving it and is near to Seattle, she moved to Crane Island off of Orcas, which has no ferry service. She had a 14' aluminum skiff with a 15 hp for commuting. Once she even swam a mule across, tethered to the skiff while she rowed as the motor spooked it. A series of moves and some misfortune along the way, but she has always perservered and takes the high and happy road. Although Pickett's lane isn't paved, it suits us both very well. She's a keeper for sure. And yes the poor thing has to put up with this old greaser, and that is NOT always easy!

[cas3]

Well, I was thinkin you made a poor choice if she gags at 90wt smell....but I guess she's Ok !

[Bored&Stroked]

Yeah, the smell of gear oil just reminds me of working on cars . . . doesn't bother me a bit. Heck, I probably like it! LOL

I guess it is kind of like Hoppes #9 - gun cleaning solvent - it brings back nothing but good memories for me!

[51504bat]

IIRC she can weld. Definitely a keeper.

[GB SISSON]

First girl to enter the welding program at Vashon Island high school. 3 years worth. Yeah, that gal can lay down a bead. And NO, she didn't shoot the owl for dinner. She insisted we pull over on the highway outa Tarretown Idaho to check out the poor bird that had bounced off the grill of a Kenworth. It was quite dead so she placed it out in the open for the buzzards. About 15 years ago.... Someone remind me what this thread was about. Huh?

[tubman]

Maybe if "Marvel Mystery Oil" made a rear end lube.....

[Bored&Stroked]

Gary, you should have had that dang owl stuffed . . . would be a heck of a 'pet' to have out in your shop! Watching over all the madness that occurs in our work!

[cas3]

Can you get away with buying her a nice tig welder for Christmas?

[petehoovie]

Originally Posted by GB SISSON

First girl to enter the welding program at Vashon Island high school. 3 years worth. Yeah, that gal can lay down a bead. And NO, she didn't shoot the owl for dinner. She insisted we pull over on the highway outa Tarretown Idaho to check out the poor bird that had bounced off the grill of a Kenworth. It was quite dead so she placed it out in the open for the buzzards. About 15 years ago.... Someone remind me what this thread was about. Huh?

[GB SISSON]

Boy, this thread has a mind of it's own. I know we'll get back to serious business after we return home from the hunt... I mean the doctor visit! And thanks again Pete for the nice portrait.

[GB SISSON]

Home from the hunt. Pleased to find all the dimensions work out perfectly by tape measure. It's still in the back of the 'burb as two contractors are fighting over my services until Friday. I find this axle has the 'large bearing' option and it also has 11" x 2 1/4" brakes. All my resarch shows the 11" brakes should be 1 3/4 wide. Not the case here. The shoes have more meat than I will ever wear off in my lifetime and the shafts are 28 spline like Lanny's 3rd member. The distance between backing plates is 1/4" wider than on the woodie's banjo. The wider drums may increase the track width some, but I have two inches each side before tires rub fenders, so a non issue. It has one dry sounding wheel bearing so will replace both right off. The thing that surprised me most about my introduction to the 9" rear is those sealed ball bearings outside of the housing with the oil seal behind them. Who'da thunkit? Anyways, they are of course readily available. The sites selling these have a wild array of years they fit '48-'79, '53-'72, '64-'79. And everything in between I guess I'll just have to saw them off and find numbers. SKF? Timken? And no, I won't nick into the axle shaft. This will begin Friday if I can get the contractors off my back by late Thursday..... Oh and my buddy Lanny called me last night just before the ferry pulled in to Orcas to tell me he has my pumpkin in the crate! I've had my ass in a sling before, but I'll take my pumpkin in a crate any day over that. Stay tuned.

[cas3]

look at Rock Auto for bearings, I think you'll find them quite reasonable

[GB SISSON]

Originally Posted by cas3

look at Rock Auto for bearings, I think you'll find them quite reasonable

I have National part # 514003 bearing with retainer and #51098 seal coming along with felpro gaskets at the 4 bolt ends and the pumpkin. X 2 for both sides.