56 Ford F100 NAPCO
#46
01-21-2012, 03:51 AM
Fleet Mechanic
I haven't had a chance to look for the third M-H. On my short list to do. I wonder if we are talking about the same F1?
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01-21-2012, 08:01 AM
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I thought I would answer a couple questions at once.
M-H always did their own steering ends in house. They bought pumpkins without tubes from Spicer, and installed their own, with their own ends.
NAPCO first offered kits for Fords in 1956. The earliest ones used a Chevrolet front axle, with 6 lug wheels. And no, they didn't bother with any kind of adapter to change the pattern for the rear. Some time in 1956 they switched to the Spicer 44. I'm sure these were completely built by Spicer. And they all used the model 23 transfer case.
Chuck
M-H always did their own steering ends in house. They bought pumpkins without tubes from Spicer, and installed their own, with their own ends.
NAPCO first offered kits for Fords in 1956. The earliest ones used a Chevrolet front axle, with 6 lug wheels. And no, they didn't bother with any kind of adapter to change the pattern for the rear. Some time in 1956 they switched to the Spicer 44. I'm sure these were completely built by Spicer. And they all used the model 23 transfer case.
Chuck
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01-21-2012, 08:03 AM
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Uh...... I don't know ?! Had the front wheels off, but never even looked at the rears. It's over in my other shop: will go by today and find out ! This will be interesting !
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01-21-2012, 10:53 AM
Once again we benefit from your research. But you said Spicer, also from Timken? Thanks. Stu
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01-21-2012, 08:20 PM
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You have the later, Spicer 44 axle. It was built for a Ford, so it has 5 lug wheels. If your truck was an earlier 1956, it would have had a 6 lug Chevrolet axle.
Stu,
Yes, your axles are Timken. 1/2 Tons were Spicer. This post is about an F-100, so that's what I was referring to.
Chuck
Stu,
Yes, your axles are Timken. 1/2 Tons were Spicer. This post is about an F-100, so that's what I was referring to.
Chuck
Thanks: appreciate the info and your knowledge !!
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01-22-2012, 08:27 PM
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01-22-2012, 10:17 PM
Thanks Chuck. Stood to reason based on your first statement about the Spicers, but just wanted to be sure. Would have liked to have seen the machinery they used to (I assume cold) set the rivets in the joints where the axle tubes connect to the case halves. You told me once that you'd replaced a broken axle tube once, am I remembering right? Did you have to make a jig to reach inside for setting the rivets? Stu
