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| | | | Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 | HI. New to this,so hope to be in right area! Heard rumor NAPA had a cross referance tie rod ends for NAPCO ends.Mine is a 55 with Rockwell set up.Anybody been
down this road? Other fixes? Rebuildable?
Any help apprieciated!
Stranger | | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 129 | Is it '55 first or second series; I'm guessing first?
Do you have the old ones? They can look them up by measuring thread diameter, count, handedness, and measuring the taper of the cone part.
Ed Miller
'58 Apache short Fleetside half ton Napco
Falls City, OR
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 | Thanks for the reply and advice! Sorry for not including all info. It is a 55 second series. Yes
I still have the old ones and they are still on the truck. Getting the steering straighten out is going to be one of the next of many little itemes to get fixed. Will follow your advice.
Anyone eles have luck going this route? | | | | | Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 129 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 129 | Yours probably still has the driver's side pumpkin on the front axle? Otherwise I could look up the part numbers I ended up with, but mine is a '57 or so with passenger side pumpkin. What kind of front brakes do you have, just out of curiosity? Are you on the two Napco specific forums: http://napcopowrpak.groupee.net/groupee/forums?s=5271003771http://napco4x4.org/forum/
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Ed Miller
'58 Apache short Fleetside half ton Napco
Falls City, OR
| | | | | Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 174 | Thanks for reply. Yes pumpkin on drivers side. Rockwell setup.In 1956 they changed to Spicer. Drum braks with a front push wheel cylinder. was under the impression they were factory 55 Chevy. Have read alot about the brakes but have ran into conflicting facts, so really not sure. Have been on the NAPCO siteBut not indepth. Will change that.
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