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I don't know what axles you've been working on but I'm going to have to disagree. Front axles do have locator pins. Valence has even broken one of his off while trying to change his caster. Here's pics...

Thanks for your input. I've never taken apart the front suspension on a deuce but I just googled images of 2½ ton Rockwell axles and every one of them has locating pins for the springs. And nobody has suggested not using the deuce perches. Militarytrucks is just talking about welding a bead on...

If it was 46 years old, damaged and operational, I'd be ecstatic. But this one is brand new with zero miles on it. Such is life...

Installed radiator drain cock. Bonus: the damage done by failure to plan.

Right! Now we're on the same page. [emoji106] I'm just making sure he checked all the simple stuff first before digging into the HH.

The engine stop wedge can get stuck.

Maybe I missed it but I didn't see anything about you checking the wedge inside the fuel cutoff housing.

Out of curiosity, how are the entrants selected? Is it just random or do people put in their own vehicles?

Just bought a radiator drain cock so I can finish the installation of the new radiator... after I solder up the hole from the damage caused by not properly protecting it while transporting it 1500 miles in the back of a truck. aua

That's a pretty rough truck. Hope you got a REALLY good deal on it! If those front turn signals are original, it is definitely old. Maybe not '62 but surely pre-'67. Good luck with the recovery and storage!

Since you have to buy a bed anyway, just buy a deuce bed, bolt it on and be done with it.

Any chance you'd be willing to part with it once its done? :-)

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You still doing events? Looks like your web site hasn't been updated in about 2½ years. [emoji53]

Chandler/Tyler here. Doesn't seem to be a lot of us around but we should get together some time.

Sounds like the drum lock isn't fully releasing. Maybe. *shrug*

Can't help you with the hard stop and no free spool but the slow spin of the output shaft while the PTO lever is in neutral is just gear oil drag. You could theoretically stop that movement by just holding the output yoke by hand. The operation of the PTO all seems normal.

It's not so much about the u-bolts being loose but the setup being able to handle the lateral stress that it was originally designed for. Friction and clamping force aren't really sufficient to keep the axle perfectly located under all conditions. That's why all solid axle setups have some way...

Both need to be accounted for, fore-aft movement and side-to-side movement, just like the original suspension.

I'll get some tonight. After a phone conversation with militarytrucks.com, I guess it's a common problem but nobody has ever talked about it. Really makes me wonder how many bobbers are out there without having hard stops on the axle and are just trusting the u-bolts to keep everything from...