when you mill a head, you always put back what you milled away with a gasket spacer, so really the head never really changes position

 

oh ok. Thanks for the help. And to the op thats a good lookin truck. Good luck with all the work.

Thomas

 

well I think that they are stock and on this truck there isn't any telling what has been done to it. I have found some crazy things

 

when I shaved the head I replaced the timing chain and it was tight, I almost strained my nads out getting it on.

 

This is what happens when you buy your truck from some rednecks. Okay I finally have a day off with no school and I decided to tear apart my front end. I did the passenger side about a week ago, went pretty smooth, but the driver side is a different story, I ran into a fun little problem. So my question for yall is how in the heck can I get my spindle nut off if it has been welded into place?

 

 

Holy crap biskets! I thought I have seen it all! Air chisel? Maybe a drimmel tool. I love that style Toy, good luck.

 

bump it on up, any ideas on how it get it off?

 

Wow, just... wow. I have never seen that in my life nor would I ever do that unless it was a dire emergency and I needed to do it get home or to safety.

Well, it has to be replaced, im sure the threads are shot thanks to the welded on nut. About the only thing I can think of is grinder/dremmel like he said.

 

An easy way to tell what gears you have is if your speedo works. I had stock gears and when I put on 33's my speedo was off about 10 mph at 60 mph. When I put 4:88's in the speedo is just about on with 33's.

 

wow...1st time i've seen a spindle nut WELDED on....

x2 on the air chisel
then get a big tap & die set

 

my buddy has a junk axle off a 84 or 85, so i will pull a new spindle and junk off of it.

 

Alright my new birfields came in the other day, so when you grease them how do you do it? Just pack as much grease as you can in and around it?

 

anyone know?

 

Yeah, just get a bunch in the palm of your hand and pack it into the sockets for the balls. Rotate the birfield around and keep packing the grease into it good and deep. Some guys just pack the birfield and leave the knuckle fairly dry so trail service isn't so messy. I myself not only pack the birf, I pump a good amount of grease into the knuckle after assembly aswell.

 

By the way I want to punch the guy that welded your spindle nuts.

 

I fill them both slap full.

Did you get your long and short shafts off of the Birfields already?
Do you know how?
Do you know how to put the new birfields on the old shafts?

If not just ask.

 

I wish I knew who he was, I know it wasn't the guy who I bought the truck from because he couldn't even get it running

I havn't had time to mess with it because of school and work, but this past week was finals so I will have time to when I'm off next. I sorta know how from what I have read, but I will go ahead and ask:

How do you get your old birfields off and the new ones on?

 

ok, there is a snap ring on the inside of the birfield that clips on the end of axle just like the one inside the hub. It sits int he grooves but is just big enough to stop the axle from being able to be pulled out by hand. The easiest way to do this is to get a length of pipe 2" or 3" , metal. clamp it in a vice or some how manage to hold it steady. Then you hold the lift the birfield with the axle shaft pointed down. place the end of the shaft into the round pipe and slam id down firmly while still holding onto the birfield.

 

I took the bolt in the fill hole on top and replaced with a grease fittings so I can just grease everything all the way around with a grease gun. It was a little tricky getting them in because I didn't have everything apart when I did it. Just a thought, made life a little easier IMHO.