Pulled the front drums, inspected, parts
ordered. But the rear...I am embarassed to
say I have never worked on a 3/4 ton.
I am very well versed in every area of 60's
chev's, six's and eights. Never opened a
tranny but know how to change clutches
and tranny's. The little things I know many, like different sizes of pilot bushings for different
tranny's, setting dwell. Know timing, setting valves,
lifters bla, bla, bla. Been building 2 strokes
for ever in sleds and motor bikes. I built me a few
real nice Kawasaki H1 triples, 400, 500 and 750's, sold a few, kept a few.A Pre-Press
man by trade in the printing business.
Learned to wrench early in life as dad was
a sledder, dirt biker plus a shade tree mechanic
too as he never had a shop. I learned lots from
him. I Did the complete grade 9 -12 Appreticehip
program at the public H.S. Grade 11 and 12 were
full year courses taught by a great mechanic in one
of best equipped schools in our area. Classes
from 2 surrounding small cities were bussed to
classes in our small town. We even had an alignment rack and a Dyno. I graduated thinking
I was going to be a mechanic, but dad came home
one eve and said his print shop was looking for
an apprentice...I am 48 now and glad I took the
print job. I have only paid a mechanic once in my
life other than tires, exhaust and alignments, so far.
Anyway that's long enuff, I got some good skills, but
I need to refine what I have, and learn by asking.
My Bro - in - Law Don Henderson died last last
year. He was a fantastic mechanic and had a huge
wrecking yard and every kind of Ford (oops, bad word) made. But I can no longer pick his brain or
have him pop over and point me in the right direction so I'll ask you "Bolter's"
I have done lots of brake jobs.... but never
worked on the rear of a 3/4 ton. It is a 1965
Chevrolet 20, 8 bolt wheels. Front
was easy as usual but where do I start to R and R
rear brakes and rebuild wheel cylinders. I have
the hone and the kits.
Now my dumb question...how do I pull the rear drums?
Question2, is there a site I can get a "Free" PDF file
of a service manual. I have the printshop at my disposal.
Last edited by Kawboy; 01/05/2010 2:26 PM.
