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| | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 95 | I'm doing a steering rebuild on a 1948 3600 and would like to upgrade to a 1953 or 1954 Pitman arm and steering arm to get the modern style draglink with taper seat bolts.
Also, when did self adjust brakes first appear on GM trucks?
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Keith | | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 841 | 1964 was first year for self adjust brakes on chevys as far as i know. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2003 Posts: 452 | Self adjusters may have come later, but Bendix brakes started on the 3600 either 51 or 53 (can't remember which) and they can be retrofit to your axle.
Current fleet (subject to change w/o notice) \'49 GMC 3/4-Ton , 60 Austin Healey Frog-eye Sprite (some assembly required), 2011 Dodge Avenger, 2015 Jeep Cherokee. No, they don't all run. My other ride is a (B737)no, (B767)no, A320.... Update... was Embraer E190, now Boeing B787. Knowledge is a wonderful thing, but ignorance means you don't know you can't do something.
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 277 | Not certain about trucks but some chevy cars used the self adjusters on bendix brakes starting in 1963. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 95 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 95 | Well, I failed to ask if the 1953 or 1954 Pitman arm and steering arm would work on my 1948 3600. I assume the 1/2 ton stuff is different?
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