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| | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23 Apprentice | | Apprentice Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 23 | Hi,
I am putting my truck together from parts so I don't have a complete truck to look at for reference. So......the rear upper mounts for the front fenders (on the cab) are in a bad state of repair. Can someone tell me if they are bolts or nuts encapsulted to allow for movement (alignment)? Can someone point me to a few pics and/or a listing of where I can buy them or how to repair them?
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | Just my 2 cents but for me, reassembling with out reference books would be like trying to work a puzzle blindfolded. Two books you might want to pick up are:
• Chevy Truck Shop Manual
• Chevy Truck Factory Assembly Manual
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 Cruising in the Passing Lane | | Cruising in the Passing Lane Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 12,029 | you can't buy replacements for those mounts - get the assembly manual, look at the pics, build a 'tower' with a nut welded in the center, hope ya get it right - they have no movement, position is all
Bill | | | | | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | If you are rebuilding it from nothing, it wouldn't hurt to make captive nuts that allow for some movement, then you can fit it up a lot easier.
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Creating a capsulated nut was what I had in mind, but I wasn't sure what was in there originally. I'll give it a try and post the results when I finish!
Thanks for the input guys!
Carl
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 615 | LMC now sells the cowl cheeks with that mount in place
about 4-5 months ago I asked the same question you are asking and Lane Fotty-a Stovebolter responded by saying he had two if I wanted them. Talk about a random act of kindness! What a guy. These were the 58-59 style(round) as apposed to the 55-56 style square. Just welded them on this past Sat. I have a stamping background and toyed with tooling these mounts up...but I'm not sure the demand is there...so I went back to being a slacker. If I was going ro make one..I found just the right size freeze plug that made a nice tower...drill a hole..weld a nut ...viola! As mentioned above, placement is everything.
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