Noiseydiesel
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Last night was the end of a long day. I can tell by the amount of things I left out to get wet in a morning passing shower.
After looking for the 9/16 x 12 x 1.25 Ferry bolt or Flange bolt or Flange screw, I have come to find they are a grade 9 bolt and about $6 to $12 each. Not to mention a week or more away. The ones I removed from the rotor Budd wheel adapters have the heads melting with age. They have all come off with the use of the impact and some with the impact and a torch. Now at the distant end of my finances the thought of reusing those bolts is holding a great appeal especially at the trans fluid set me back about $43 a gallon yesterday. I picked up 4 of them, with a 25% off sale so it set me back $132 for the last 4 on the shelf.
BP Autran Syn 295, bla, bla, bla, Allison Transmission.
Cool beans.
Meanwhile the front bracket is waiting for me to cut off 2 bungs that are welded to it in order it would work on my frame. I also need to remove the twin I beam brackets and more from the 2WD frame and I have been avoiding that to the best of my effort. Weather guesser is calling for dry weather this coming week and the seasonal rains will be starting in September sometime very, very soon.
While I can put up a cover and keep dry with that, the ground doesn't play nice and I will be lying on it. That thought is a motivational prospect for grinding rivets off in the dry weather.
Time to go play and potentially build a great case of regret in reusing overpriced bolts.
Thinking about this, the hub is secured to the spindle and these bolts simply hold the rotor to the hub. 8 of them grade 9, I suspect is overkill.
After looking for the 9/16 x 12 x 1.25 Ferry bolt or Flange bolt or Flange screw, I have come to find they are a grade 9 bolt and about $6 to $12 each. Not to mention a week or more away. The ones I removed from the rotor Budd wheel adapters have the heads melting with age. They have all come off with the use of the impact and some with the impact and a torch. Now at the distant end of my finances the thought of reusing those bolts is holding a great appeal especially at the trans fluid set me back about $43 a gallon yesterday. I picked up 4 of them, with a 25% off sale so it set me back $132 for the last 4 on the shelf.
BP Autran Syn 295, bla, bla, bla, Allison Transmission.
Cool beans.
Meanwhile the front bracket is waiting for me to cut off 2 bungs that are welded to it in order it would work on my frame. I also need to remove the twin I beam brackets and more from the 2WD frame and I have been avoiding that to the best of my effort. Weather guesser is calling for dry weather this coming week and the seasonal rains will be starting in September sometime very, very soon.
While I can put up a cover and keep dry with that, the ground doesn't play nice and I will be lying on it. That thought is a motivational prospect for grinding rivets off in the dry weather.
Time to go play and potentially build a great case of regret in reusing overpriced bolts.
Thinking about this, the hub is secured to the spindle and these bolts simply hold the rotor to the hub. 8 of them grade 9, I suspect is overkill.