NOS dried up. - Yeah, between Brad and you I think you got it all.
I just can't afford that NOS stuff unless there is no other way
to find it via repop, make it or rebuild it myself.
There are a few guys like that over at the VCCA, that is, guys
that seem to know everyone across the country and have a
photographic memory when it comes to GM history. I didn't fit
in with that bunch so I was only a member for five or six years.
Looking at the 1929-57 parts manual the 1, 1 1/2TON tie rod was
hollow. The thread is really weird, 13/16-16 is not a standard
thread size. WD must have had a bunch of NOS tie rods and tie
rod ends in his inventory.
The tie rod I've made up for my '54, 3604 uses a pair of Moog
ES150 L&R ends and a 1 x.156" wall DOM tube. All of that is
readily available at a cost of about $75-$80. Putting the
3/4-16 L&R hand threads in the tube is the biggest problem for
the average back yard mechanic who wouldn't have the taps.
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