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| | | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 2 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 2 | Welcome from Huntsville. I'm new to this forum also. You will find tons of information and ideas on here just as I have. Good luck with your truck. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome to the stovebolt and your journey into the "old" world. Nothing better. Take your time, make a plan and we're here to help you along the way.
Sounds like you have a rear brake lining stuck to the drum. If you have any problem just ask a question in the Driveline Forum and the guys there will be glad to help...... and with all the other forums available there will be no question they can't answer!!!
Good luck, thanks for posting the pictures. I'm sure you'll run in into more of the 'bama guys later. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 115 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 115 | Welcome to the Stovebolt. You have found the right place for help with your old truck. As Alvin said just ask your question in the appropriate forum. Glad to see more Alabama folks
Kenny Martin Talladega, Ala Second place is the first loser - Ricky Bobby 1956 Chevy 1/2 Ton | | | | | Joined: May 2013 Posts: 27 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: May 2013 Posts: 27 | Welcome to the Forum, I'm new here as well. Its good to have other Alabama guys join the group. Wolf's 57 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 | Sweet. There's a lot of Bama stovebolters, it seems.
I sprayed some WD40 on my rear brake drum a couple days ago. It won't stop raining, and that's putting a huge damper on what I'm able to accomplish. | | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Monkbonk, if you don't get that drum loose then make a post over in the driveline forum for some tips on getting it off....especially since the shoe is probably stuck to the drum. Idea's like, hit it a few time with a hammer to perhaps shock it loose.... make sure you back the shoes off as much as you can...and a few more tips the guys can give you. Good luck. If you do not have a repair manual yet you may want to take a peek here at the online manuals. http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/ | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,217 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,217 | Welcome monkbonk. Sounds good to leave it as is.
Leo | | | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 | Thanks for the link to the shop manuals. I downloaded the one's for my year. They'll come in handy for sure.
While working on unseizing my rear brake drum, I noticed that my cab has the rusted corners that nearly every other cab does. That's something else I'll get to fixing. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2013 Posts: 16 | I had a fellow stovebolter come and buy some fenders from me. He told me that my truck might be a 3/4 ton. I just ran the vin # on vinbuster. The truck came back as a 1949 3/4 ton from the Atlanta plant.
I was just going off of what the previous owner had told me. Glad I ran the vin. Woot.
While I was at it, I also ran the vin # of my spare cab. It's a 1953 1/2 ton from an unknown plant. | | |
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