It has been a while but I had my roof reshingled and have been hampered heavily by extensive rains in July. The ground simply can’t soak up any more. We have had 22 days of rain in July. Brutal. Even the high ground is squishing and squishing. After the roof, I have been trying to refascia the eaves and replace the eavestroughing, in between rain storms of course. In addition, my wife and I have been doing some family, summer time, holiday stuff. I had plans to attend a couple truck shows in this time, but no luck. We’ve just been too busy.
But this is what has been happening on this truck: usually late at night. I bet the neighbours think I’m weird.
1. Front brakes installed.
2. 1962 3.90 open rear end cleaned, inspected, lined, reassembled, and reinstalled in the housing.
3. Rear axles disassembled, inspected, cleaned and reinstalled.
4. Rear drums prepped and painted.
5. Rear braking assemblies completed, rebuilt, refurbished, replaced, installed.
6. Everything requiring paint, blasted and painted.
7. Rear springs disassembled, inspected, cleaned, painted, reassembled.
It has been a slow slog on this rear end.
My rear bushings for the springs and relocation kit have arrived from CP.
Now, I am going to rant here a little about Classic Parts. On May 27, I ordered a rear suspension relocation kit from them so I didn’t have to fab up anything to reposition that axle housing. Simple. Well, the piece was drop shipped, meaning they don’t actually have that item. They have to get it from a supplier, mark it up, and send it to me.
Ok. So, along with my bushing and shackles, my total was $238 US. Plus shipping. Ok I can eat a bit more shipping for no fab up or thinking.
Well, I checked in and my order had been on hold for nearly a month to make sure I wanted the relocation item. Frick. Yes. Please send it.
Well, the shipping is more now, because the manufacturer ships it to CP, and then they pass on this cost to the consumer. Grr. $440 US. What?! $200? Frick. Are you serious or retarded?
By this point I’m irritated and seriously contemplated telling them to stuff it and keep all the pieces, I’ll go elsewhere and get helped there, but I didn’t. So I pulled the trigger and said yes.
My package arrived today and on top of all that I had to pay a COD to receive the parts. $80! Another unexpected shipping charge. Frick.
Brutal CP. BRUTAL. After that fiasco, they should have delivered them in person and apologized.
My parts: 2 tie rod ends, 2 rear shackles, and a relocation kit for the rear axle:
Total cost: $662.00 Canadian. For those little parts.
Unbelievable. I am not using CP anymore simply because it seems every time I do, I get fudged on shipping. BIG TIME.
If they don’t have the item in stock, go elsewhere using vendors, people. Check locally. I am from now on and will only order stuff like that if I can’t find it locally or can’t build it myself. 😡
Rant over. Live and learn.
Pictures:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fEgUJvdhDNBBWs998Box: 23
Frame: 71
Sheet: 3
Total: 97 hours
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