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#71949 01/19/2007 8:08 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 | Any parts professors have a source for the 1-3/8" welch plug (freeze plug) that covers the lower bearing race on a c20 manual steering gear?
" the first rule of the intelligent tinkerer is to save all the parts"
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#71950 01/19/2007 10:20 PM | Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 Riding in the Passing Lane | | Riding in the Passing Lane Joined: Jun 2004 Posts: 8,597 | Seems like any parts store would have them. I,ll look through some old parts tomorrow. I may have one & can send it to you if you can,t find one.
They say money can't buy happiness. It can buy old Chevy trucks though. Same thing. 1972 Chevy c10 Cheyenne SuperIn the Gallery Forum | | |
#71951 01/20/2007 1:26 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 | NAPA has only 1-1/4" & 1-1/2" and these are too deep. All online vendors I have checked sell bearings, seals, bushings, and kits for this gear, no 1-3/8" 'sheet metal expansion plug'. thanks for looking
" the first rule of the intelligent tinkerer is to save all the parts"
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#71952 01/20/2007 2:16 AM | Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 2,384 | check HERE under expansion plugs, Brian | | |
#71953 01/20/2007 3:49 AM | Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,068 | Try your local implement dealers too. I found an odd sized plug that I needed at a Case dealership. It came from a diesel skidloader engine I was told. If you were closer, I could give you a couple of complete boxes,
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#71954 01/21/2007 12:20 AM | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 18 | I found the correct concave expansion plug in the dorman catalog, now to find a dorman dealer. HMMM
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aldo leopold
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