Just checking
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Just checking
Gents: my drag link has some play in it. Replace? Moog? I'm leaning this way especially since my wheels are off, I'm on blocks, and the replacement part is under $100 but just need some experienced hands/brains chiming in for confirmation or to tell me to wait until the wheel falls off - I'm a Newbie and I've already gotten more good advice from this forum than the price of admission so I'm fishin' (1963 f100 flareside). As has become standard practice for me - Thanks in advance for opinions rendered!
Last edited by ige1963; Sep 25, 2014 at 07:55 PM. Reason: Fluuubtharkin
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Yep
$73 clams at autozone - but now that you mention it I will check to make sure - the part is $59 on Moog site but then there's shipping, and (I think) $109 at O'Reily's - BUT I'm hearing you say to just replace it, right?
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Well it's either within limits, or not. The bearings wear quick once they get a goin'. How are the kingpins, tie rod ends? Steering box? Lot's of stuff wears out about the same time, or close to it. Brake hoses? Etc.
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I changed all the brake hoses but they looked good - May have been changed by PO. Everything else felt tight - not sure what had been changed before I adopted the old girl. Any "tricks" for checking those other components? I'm here to learn.
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Get yourself a Motors manual, say 1950 or so. It's full of general automotive maintenance checks and services. Maybe ten bucks or so on that auction site. Also a Ford Truck Shop Manual for 1963, a little more expensive, but worth it. Some people like CD manuals, but either way you need to have these for your rig. It's getting more difficult to find people inclined much less capable of working on older vehicles. Sites like FTE are great because you can tap into a knowledge base.
Another problem is, on a 50 year old truck depending on how well it has been maintained you can end up spending more money than you really want. Practically everything by now would need replacing, or servicing, cleaning, adjustment. Decide what you want to do long term.
Right now you're focusing on what you should, linkage and steering, and brakes. Unless you can post photos it's tough to gauge what you will need to do. Brake wheel cylinders, how's the master cylinder?
For just general ideas, plan on replacing everything rubber - radiator hoses, heater hose, and all rubber fuel line under the cab, etc. Engine motor mounts, xmsn mount, etc.
Another problem is, on a 50 year old truck depending on how well it has been maintained you can end up spending more money than you really want. Practically everything by now would need replacing, or servicing, cleaning, adjustment. Decide what you want to do long term.
Right now you're focusing on what you should, linkage and steering, and brakes. Unless you can post photos it's tough to gauge what you will need to do. Brake wheel cylinders, how's the master cylinder?
For just general ideas, plan on replacing everything rubber - radiator hoses, heater hose, and all rubber fuel line under the cab, etc. Engine motor mounts, xmsn mount, etc.
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