I'm from Redmond. Currently reside in Kirkland...

Didn't work on the truck today because I had to work on the trailer it's sitting on in the first post. It's getting sold tomorrow....thatll help fund some more F350 parts

 

I used to be up in Redmond all the time, and I've got family in Kirkland! It is a small world after all, haha!

Anyway, I like what your doing to that truck, seems like not many people want to restore an old flatbed work rig, personally I love them.

Sam

 

Here are a shot of the rotors and the hubs.






Rotors are pretty standard fare. They bolt to the back of the hub, which bolts to the wheel on the other side. The wheel bearings are in the hub.

On the SRW truck, the hub is a solid piece cast in the rotor.

 

Today we started with the grill. We're hunting for rust to fix. Found some!



Then we pulled the old I Beams. Took about a hour, went real easy for us.









Leaving us with a final for the evening:




In this last shot, you can see the rust we found. at the bottom of the left side of the photo, there is a 6"x2" spot that rusted away. Odd, the rest of the truck is pretty rust free (but I found some hidden rust today!)

 

I plan to disassemble and inspect the I beams tomorow.

The donor Ibeams have 1" kingpins, if my original Ibeams also have 1" kingpins, we'll clean them up, and reuse them with just the spindles from the disc brake truck. Just need to figure out how to get the kingpins out!

 

Thanks for the pics! I may switch over to that set up eventually, so it's nice to have them for reference.

From my understanding, king pins is a machine shop kinda job, but I don't know any details.

My core support rusted out in the same spot, it's just a lot worse! I think the battery leaked real bad at some point- anything sheet metal in that corner of the truck is rusted badly.

Sam

 

The truck will weight less now, thats for sure...

I do believe these are the biggest drums I've ever worked with. I think they use the same 12x3" shoe as my other trucks rear brakes!





I also stripped the spindles from the donor front end (One kingpin was easy, one... not so much) and have them in the back of my truck along with the '68s I Beams and radius arms. Getting dropped of on Monday at the machine shop to get the old spindles and kingpins replaced.

The heads are the last engine part to go to the machine shop. Dropped them off yesterday, he's just going to tear them down, hot tank the castings, and I'll re-assemble them myself. The block was welded by Aluminum Head Welders in Auburn, WA. Looks real good, we'll see if it holds water.

This Thursday, I'll get the disc brakes installed I believe, and I'll get the motor mount towers from USPS.

Today I met a guy from Craigslist (who has to be a member here!) who has his own stockpile of 67-79 truck parts. He had a bunch of cabs, he had hoods/fenders/core supports/etc all sorted by year, doors, I mean, everything.

I'm getting two fenders, two inner fenders, a stone guard, a core support, and a hood from him. Plus, he's going to look for the power steering parts I need. This'll probably be a one-stop shopping thing. I think I'll be busy for weeks to come if I get all this stuff.

 

I've been lurking on your thread for a little while now. Keep up the good work! I like to see work trucks redone.

 

Those brake drums are big! I think you made the right choice. It's hard to beat disc brakes. They are usually lighter, fewer moving parts and easier to service.

Keep up the good work!

 

Not to mention safer! Drum fade is some scary stuff! I have the massive disk brakes with dual piston calipers (probably what the Handegard's 68 is getting) and my rig stops really good, in fact, it's even better than some of the newer cars I've driven!

Sam

 

Believe me I know about massive brakes. I've got a 91 F-Super Duty ( F450 ) With large 4 wheel disc brakes and hydroboost! When you step on the brakes it stops!!

 

I just used a punch and a 2.5lb hammer for my '68s kingpins. The donor spindles/beams aren't as easy, I'm taking them to the machine shop to get pressed out. He told me when they get seized, he has to put them in the press, put 15tons of pressure on them, and then hit the beam with a torch until it POPS.

 

Yeah, we're even thinking of a graphic for the side, something to reflect my grandfathers former business. I kind of like the idea of some block lettering that says "Handegard Construction" or something like that. He used to use it to haul a 12,000lb Case 580 Super E backhoe. Not often, but whenever the dump truck was getting serviced.


Yeah, now if only I can find someone who needs a set... These are still in spec, I can turn them and someone can use them, but who?

Yeah. I'm using the dual piston calipers from a '79. Grandpa likes the disc brakes now...

 

Yesterday I picked up some goodies

Stone Guard
Hood
Fenders
Left inner fender
Steering/Alternator brackets and core pumps
Core Support
Dipstick tube

I got my motor mount perches in the mail, as well as my polyurethane radius arm bushings and i beam pivot bushings.

I also ordered my Hooker 6903HKR headers and ARP oil pump drive ordered from Summit, due for delivery on Tuesday (Summit shipping is awesome!)

 

Can't wait to see the finished product. Looks awesome so far!