We are still asking: What did you get done on your Bolt today ????
The question, initially posted May 23, 2005, was:
"Whatcha do on your Bolt this weekend?"
After 51,906,997 views, 7378 replies over 185 pages, this thread in General Truck Talk is a happening! And it's not just weekends anymore.
Which way is this turnbuckle adjuster supposed to be facing?
Concave side up? Or concave side down?
This one was facing down when I started but who knows what's been done to the truck in the last 70 years?
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe 1950 Chevrolet 3100 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1966 Ford Mustang 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe 1979 Ford F-100 1976 Ford F-150 1995 Ford F-150
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I thought I had a picture of mine before I removed it, but don't. I recall that mine was facing down. Even thought I have Bendix brakes, I don't think that matters.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's
They'll probably work regardless of orientation of the turnbuckle thing but if it didn't matter, I suspect they'd have built the adjuster with straight legs instead of curved ones.
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe 1950 Chevrolet 3100 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1966 Ford Mustang 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe 1979 Ford F-100 1976 Ford F-150 1995 Ford F-150
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe 1950 Chevrolet 3100 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1966 Ford Mustang 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe 1979 Ford F-100 1976 Ford F-150 1995 Ford F-150
Concave goes up The point is to clear the rod that is pulling on it. With concave up when it’s reaching limit travel you get a tiny bit more out of it before it crashes into the big rod You see this curve detail on locations similar to this action in many places. -s
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Originally Posted by Otto Skorzeny
Also, why are they called Huck Brakes?
Huck was the company that designed and supplied them to GM. In later years (51 and up I think) GM changed to Bendix designed brakes.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's
Re-oriented parking brake adjuster and new clevis pin
Last edited by Otto Skorzeny; Fri May 13 2022 07:55 PM.
1939 Packard Standard Eight Coupe 1950 Chevrolet 3100 1956 Cadillac Coupe de Ville 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado 1966 Ford Mustang 1964 Ford Galaxie 500 coupe 1979 Ford F-100 1976 Ford F-150 1995 Ford F-150
