Hey all it has been a long time but thing are back on track. I have been working hard on getting the front axle and suspension restored, and updated. So far most of a couple hundred hours have been spent in front of the blast cabinet. I have also spent many hours running a 4 ½” grinder with a wire wheel on it.
It is all starting to pay off as the axle is now back under the truck hanging on new springs and it is looking good. The hubs are almost ready to go back on as soon as I finish with my modifications on the seals and bearings but they are going well.
The axle has new kingpins, brakes and brake hardware, new wheel cylinders, and all the nuts and bolts have been replaced. All the cast parts have been painted with East woods natural cast and all the tin with semi gloss black.
I lost most all of my truck pictures to the Webshots debocle so I have now opened a new Photo Bucket account not sure how to use it efficiently yet but here is a link to it.
