hellow friends here in the old ford truck site.I have a 46 ford 1/2 ton "project" the partial vin I can find indicates its a one ton ? the wheel base says 1/2.did a one tone have five lug wheels ? modern 1/2 wheels fit fine .now the mystery, I finnally got around to the breaks? wheels. I found the drums and shoes in new ,resurfaced,but dust covered and surface rust "no grooves " of any kind on shoes or drumms..FRONT.then I found the inner bearing one one side had bin shimmed to fit the spindle ? only one side .ok the spindle is appx 1"3/16th in od were the inner bearing mates up." I broke my mices" a time back. anyway the bearing that was in it is appx 1'3/4 id ? big time problem .the inner bearing seams to fit the hub correctly?the spindles do not appear redone or dammaged .From this I figure sombody tried to rebuild the front breakes exc.. and either tried other hubs/drummes or got the inncorrect bearing S, at any rate these drumms and shoes have no wear.so I figure this is were once upon a time sombody gave up.SO the question is a spindle this year truck closser to 1" 3/16th or 1"3/4 so I can get the rite stuff? surely one of you ford guys can give me the correct spindle od at the inner bearing surface thanx in add vance.. gotta love it.thanx.

 

Ok guys I need your help as i dont have ,what is known to be a true 42-47 hub and spindle for a 1/2 ton pu.the spindle od at the inner bearing surface is 1.185" thats what i have anyway,new mices ..so I can get real. drums are 11" give or take, shoes are 2" wide. the wheel bearings that were in it are incorrect but why? they seem to fit the hub ok . not the spindle. anybody have one apart that is "true" and can give some dims? what im seeing is an attempt years ago to do some swaping that didnt work.thanx in advance . dave.

 

Since the other side appears to be "correct:, verify that both spindles are the same, and also the hubs/etc are the same.

If so, then get the numbers on the bearings/etc from the "correct side", and things should work out for you.

 

hey 3mike6 yep done that both spindles and hubs the same .I did some shoping and found that the 1.181" id of the inner bearing," since nobody" could or would give me the dims of the "genie". thats the dimes I got off the spindle .at this piont Im way ahead of you some basic clean uo work and race /bearing work who needs the delays Ill make my own stuff... ok a little harsh .but im not a frigin 16 year old with a chevy.now wether these are the real dims ..dont matter it works let the next fool figure it out woooooooh there aint gona be any gas by then, lets burn nitro,save gas since I do not have or have not recieveid any "true" 46 spindle dims Ill make my own .thanx 3mike6 dave.

 

ooh there was no correct side .dave

 

Hey Dave, just a thought...I'm not sure of the bearing type on the '42-47's, as my '42 is still in the barn for "someday"...but, I wnoder if the '42-47's originally used a roller ball bearing...like my older Chevy's did...and someone tried/attempted to fit tapered styled bearings in it?

If so, might be just as simple as ordering the correct bearings for the '42-7's.

If you really get jammed up, I could pull one side of mine apart and get some measurements for you, but it'll be towardas the end of next week before I get some time...scrap is paying 250 a ton right now, and I'm in a cleaning mood

 

One ton does have 5 lugs. What size rims are on it? Most one tons had 17". Also if it has a box bed from Ford, if the sides on the inside are flat and now wheel tub showing, that box is for a 1/2 ton. I believe 3/4 but know for a fact that any 1 ton with bed will have small wheel tubs inside the bed.

 

thanx for the reaplys , good stuff .nope no bed " ford that is " it came with a near perfect 40-41 plymouth bed .. and tail gate .very very good condition and for sale or trade.no fenders.stock wheels .only modern standard 1/2 tone wheels.I have a good friend who ownes a nappa ,and am working with him to get the bearing /hub/races figured out ,so far looking good. It may not be the genei .but freeway worthy in this friken dessert.I would still like to know what I have ? the inner bearing ID is 1".181 " at the spindle the part # shoes its a trailer bearing . needle type no taper on the rollers.well I have to go for now ..thanx for the in putt.the ORG.

 

hey ford guys . I am still working on the mystery of the pindles I have" its a 46 ford 1/2 ton ? wheel base is 112-114 sort of in pieces at this time,and difficult to tell but it is the shortie .the best partial vin # I could get,Idont see to well' is gy396616. anyway one of the ford gurues here replyied that was a vin for a 1 ton truck .so a knew set of calipers and two attemps at finding the proper inner bearing for the spindles .im close . the spindle true od at the inner bearing is 1.190" this I believe is not correct for a 46.In addition the wheel cylinders appear to be 48-56? so help me is 1.190" the proper dim for the od on a 48-56 spindle ? I am near ready to just find an after market drop spindle assy I wanna slam it anyway but figuered I would do that in the future . does anybody here know of a sorce to drop in low ? I read someplace hear that amc rebel spindles work and are all readey for a disc break set up .I would love to share pics of trucks . my email address is daveorgovan@yahoo.com If I could just get the proper dims of a 46-or 48 front inner bearing id I be on my way to other things . thanx in addvanc ,dave.