Been a while since I posted an update. The last update ended with me trying to figure out what to do with my rusty cab mount crossmember. It really was Swiss cheese. I also had a couple other parts that were bad namely the core support brackets and one of the front spring hangers. Luckily, bookite03 stepped up and sent me some clean Oregon parts.
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I got the old crossmember out and got the new to me one fit in its
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It needs a little wire wheel and some paint and we are good to go there.
I started cleaning and prepping the other frame type parts for paint. Anything that will fit in a five gallon bucket is getting zinc electroplated.
Here are a few parts. The overload bracket in the first pic is in bare sandblasted steel and the others are plated.
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And a few more parts. Before:
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After:
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I'm working on a tech 101 for the plating process but essentially I'm galvanizing all these parts to fend off the rust monster as this truck is going to see salt unfortunately. Once plated, I'll shoot some Tractor Supply Majic implement primer and paint on the parts to finish them off.
I tore my leaf spring packs down. Used my ball joint press to push out the old bushings.
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This worked really well to remove the inner sleeve and rubber bushing with a little coaxing from the MAP torch.
I went at the springs with the wire wheel on the angle grinder. I did a pretty good job. Left side, untouched, right side wire wheeled.
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After a lot of wire wheel, I gave them a coat of primer. The rattle cans from TSC are expensive, but man it lays down nice.
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I also got replacement plastic pads from a spring shop on EBay. $1.49 each and $6.00 flat rate shipping.
Continued.
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