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| | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | My '46 1/2 ton has a 4 speed transmission and that stupid "torque tube" U joint driveshaft thing.. which looks to be a regular u-joint inside a tube.
I need a supplier for the bolts, berrings and metal deal that you need to put the joint together.. looks identical to what my '50 1/2 ton truck had.. but i'm not sure that it IS identical.
Any help or sources are greatly appreciated!
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | Fumblin, Check Chev's of the 40's. They're on the web. www.chevsofthe40s.com | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Looks like that outfit wants you to buy the whole U-joint for $175.. which might not be a bad idea.. except I don't have $175 to spend on it, and all I really need are the berrings, the four bolts, and the two pieces that "close" the joint. [img] http://www.oldtruckstuff.com/ujoint.gif[/img] What I need is the bolts and metal deal circled in green and the berring that slips over the spot labled "A"... x2.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | F46, Jim carter shows to have a universal joint repair kit for 1940-54 halfton only, 3 and 4 speed for $41.85 part number me453
the u-joint complete is $110.75 1940-47 3 speed only
universal joint lock clip..1940-1954 halfton , 3 and four speed,,,$2.30(included in above kit)
drive shaft housing and bell gaskets 1935-54 half-ton short bed,,,$10.00
drive shaft bushing and seal assembles 1940 to 50 halfton $67.55
drive shaft torque tube seals only
1940-50 halfton 10.75 but is included in the above drive shaft bushing set
at any rate, looks like they may have what you might be looking for. 1-800-872-1913.. good luck..
Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 | hi fumblin sent you email..let me know if you got it.mike j | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Got your eMail, and have sent a reply!
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 703 | Fumblin,
If you're going the "parts" route, make sure you get the keeper things, with the fold-up ears, that hold the u-joint bolts in place. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | The wife looks at me funny whenever I mention I need to buy yet ANOTHER part for one of the trucks.. lol.. i've discovered the higher the price, the redder her face gets.. so I like to get 'em as cheap as possible!
Those "fold up ears" deals are an absolute must have for anything that spins around at any kind of speed (like on the flywheel!) and i've already seen what can happen when those bolts come loose in a torque tube setup.. thats what happened to the '50 1/2 ton!
I guess a squirt of Loc-Tite wouldn't hurt on re-assembly, either.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | so that is what happened to my 52 when i installed the u-joints, came apart so I went to a shop and had the s-10 five speed and blazer rear installed  Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | John.. yea those end pieces and the berrings (along with the bolts that hold it all together) are what I need. Dakota has a '54 trans sitting in his parts pile with the torque tube still connected and is going to hook me up.
Jim Carters "universal joint repair kit" says it works with 1940 thru 1954 1/2 ton models, so i'm guessing they're the same parts for those model years.
Joker.. i've looked with great interest at the s10 tranny upgrade.. but it's probably a little out of my budget at the moment, especially considering i'd have to pay somebody to do it!
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,988 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,988 | Fumblin: You need to find your wife a hobby of her own. That way, she does her thing, you do yours, neither asks the other one any questions, and everybody's happy! | | | | | Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 Socket Breaker | | Socket Breaker Joined: Feb 2002 Posts: 2,893 | Originally posted by Rich'sToys: Fumblin: You need to find your wife a hobby of her own. That way, she does her thing, you do yours, neither asks the other one any questions, and everybody's happy! This seems like solid advice fumblin... -W | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | She has her own hobby.. making lotion, soap and candles.. but financing for each of our respective hobbies comes out of the same collective pot. 
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 394 | having proplems with mail again, sent pics. let me know if you got them. can send the parts to Rich on Monday if they will work. mike | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Mike.. I eMailed back.. the pics you provided are exactly what I need, and your micrometer measurments match the parts I have.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 553 | Ain't the internet just great?  | | | | | Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2004 Posts: 543 | Don't forget the brakes!!! 
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,682 | Brakes?! We don't need no stinkin' brakes!!
Actually, i'll be messing with the brakes tomorrow. Today I got the regulator re-wired and replaced alot of the shot wiring.. up untill this morning, the engine was running with a jumper wire run from the battery to the coil.
Now she starts with the turn of a key and a stomp of the switch, and most importantly, the generator is working and charging the battery.
So tomorrow is slap on some exhaust pipe and a muffler and bleed the brakes day.
an idea is only stupid if you think about it rationally.
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 | Don't forget to replace that cork seal in the torque tube. I have found that a large O-ring to replace the cork will stop the normal drip from the tube.
"If it ain't Steel it ain't Real" "Earth the insane aslyum for the rest of the Universe" 41 1/2-ton, a work in progress 68 Shortbed stepside 327/325hp/700R4
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