Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Looking for usable or rebuildable rear axle spring mounting pivots. At least one needed. The spring center bolt hole is hogged out on one of mine. It must have been run for a long time with loose u-bolts.
Kevin First car '29 Ford Special Coupe #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] Busting rust since the mid-60's
KL couldnt you just plate over it?I'm thinking a flat piece with center bolt hole drilled? then weld to existing perch? only 3/16 lift,? Just a thought
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
I thought about building up the hole with weld, and may still do that. They should be cast steel, which would be weldable. Both mounts are angled one way (not perpendicular) to the axle housing, so may need to be rebuilt. I have some 2-part polyurethane that I'm contemplating using to do that, but it would be nice to have spares on hand in case I screw something up.
Kevin First car '29 Ford Special Coupe #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] Busting rust since the mid-60's
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
Thanks Let me know if you come up with something.
Kevin First car '29 Ford Special Coupe #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] Busting rust since the mid-60's
Kevin, I should have looked before I spoke......I have looked under and over stuff in my shop and still cannot find them. I know they are "somewhere" as I was hanging onto them. I'll be in the shop a while today and will keep my eye out but for now they remain hidden.....I figure my son has shoved them somewhere!!
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
LOL, I know how that goes. Thanks for looking.
Kevin First car '29 Ford Special Coupe #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] Busting rust since the mid-60's
Kevin - I have a complete rear axle and suspension assembly I removed from my 51-3100. If you're still looking for the pivot brackets, I can remove them and see if they're any better than what you have?
Housekeeping (Moderator) Making a Stovebolt Bed & Paint and Body Shop Forums
I'm in the process of rebuilding the ones I have. Mine had some pretty serious rust at the ends of the sleeves, which was part of what was causing them to be off kilter. The sleeves are at least 1/16" smaller than the original 1" diameter, and I'm thinking about having a friend who has a lathe make me a new pair of them. I'm looking at how to mold new rubber in them that includes (or replaces the rubber washers on each side. That's the downside of the original design, with water getting behind the washers and letting the rust get a foothold. Hopefully, my rebuild will be an improvement of the original.
Those things are hard to get off, so I wouldn't go to the trouble of getting them off. but thanks for the offer.
Kevin First car '29 Ford Special Coupe #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] Busting rust since the mid-60's
