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I recently purchased a 1961 Ford F100 Unibody. It is a California truck and was since new. I have a couple of questions. I am looking for the upper steering column bearing retainer (3-speed on the column). Also what were the tire sizes and options for tires for that model year? Thank you for your help...
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steering column bearing; C3DZ3517A
steering column bearing sleeve: B1AZ3518A
Minuteman Ford Truck in Walpole have both of them...you need 1 of each for your '61
The sleeve is what the bearing rides on...like a race if you will...They have 3 of the sleeves and 2 bearings
Tire sizes...If you are referring to the old type letter type sizes I dont know what the size would have been.
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steering column bearing sleeve: B1AZ3518A
Minuteman Ford Truck in Walpole have both of them...you need 1 of each for your '61
The sleeve is what the bearing rides on...like a race if you will...They have 3 of the sleeves and 2 bearings
Tire sizes...If you are referring to the old type letter type sizes I dont know what the size would have been.
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not sure about the 61 but my 65 f100 came with 7.00 x 15 LT tires on it. they are what I am still running I have two traction tires on the back and 2 highway on the front. My speedo is right on the money with this setup. I find that the bias tires work great and make the truck steer better than with radials.
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For whatever reason (hoarders)? I collect good bias ply tires. OK, rims too. I sell or trade them cheap. I live in NW Washington. Have good 700 15 traction on ford 1/2 ton rims both excellent. I mess with a lot of old fords and I always feel there's "somebody out there that needs these", besides it costs me 8.00 a piece to take them to the dump so they kinda build up........
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Wheels n Tires
One fortunate thing about this size of Ford pickup is that the wheels
and tires stayed very similar for a lot of years like from is it 1948-1996?
so unless you want to be picky about being true to the style that it
came with there are all sorts of different wheels that will work.
235/75/15 is a very common size and is about 29" tall.
Most trucks in that 40 years were about 29"-30 high, I think.
I like to use these tire size calculators like the link below because after that
"cash for clunkers" thing a few years ago there seems to be a sort of cottage industry for reselling nice used tires where I live, for $20-30 each and I can change a set with my old manual changer in a half hour.
To keep your speedo close just keep it near 29"
If you use this calculator, and are comparing a bigger tire first to a smaller second tire it will even show far off the speedometer will be.
Tons of sites like this one.
Tire Size Calculator - tire & wheel plus sizing
and tires stayed very similar for a lot of years like from is it 1948-1996?
so unless you want to be picky about being true to the style that it
came with there are all sorts of different wheels that will work.
235/75/15 is a very common size and is about 29" tall.
Most trucks in that 40 years were about 29"-30 high, I think.
I like to use these tire size calculators like the link below because after that
"cash for clunkers" thing a few years ago there seems to be a sort of cottage industry for reselling nice used tires where I live, for $20-30 each and I can change a set with my old manual changer in a half hour.
To keep your speedo close just keep it near 29"
If you use this calculator, and are comparing a bigger tire first to a smaller second tire it will even show far off the speedometer will be.
Tons of sites like this one.
Tire Size Calculator - tire & wheel plus sizing
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For whatever reason (hoarders)? I collect good bias ply tires. OK, rims too. I sell or trade them cheap. I live in NW Washington. Have good 700 15 traction on ford 1/2 ton rims both excellent. I mess with a lot of old fords and I always feel there's "somebody out there that needs these", besides it costs me 8.00 a piece to take them to the dump so they kinda build up........