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The restoration/modification of Daisy.
- Thread starter muddysub
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ah.... 6" is definitely pushing it be ok with 10.5" wide tires probly....but who wants them
If they were one inch wider I'd run them. I bet a 37x12.50 would work on there ok.
Did you not see the picture I posted?
Martin
Martin
He mounted 39.5x13.5x16 Irocks on them.
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3358919&postcount=126
Martin
http://coloradok5.com/forums/showpost.php?p=3358919&postcount=126
Martin
Any back spacing issues? I'm tempted.
DW
DW
Actually 6.5" but I agree that a wider tire (12.5) could still be mounted to them
I know he used spacers on the rear, and he talked about getting some for the front. I am not sure if he ever did. He sold it though....
Martin
yeah, i just wonder how long a tire that wide lasts when mounted on a wheel that narrow. you've gotta run a lower air pressure to get them to wear evenly, but at a lower pressure they wear faster anyway, not to mention eating up fuel mileage.
Sorry for the hijack, but my lug it's showed up today. Ordered them on Friday, had them in my mailbox Monday afternoon. I am happy with my transaction.
Martin
Martin
y5mgisi
1 ton status
My 78 burb that I posted pics of a bit ago had the 7" wide ford Alcoas with 36x12.5swampers they were just about the limit. They definitely had some slight "balloon" to them, but they wore evenly.
if youve been following along, you know i swapped to disc brakes on the rear axle and did not use the cadillac eldorado calipers with the built in park brake. my wife was asking about the park brake on Dasiy yesterday and it got me thinking. i originally wanted to do a small disc on the back of the t-case with a cable actuated caliper, no one i know of makes a bracket or rotor to build a t-case brake so that route would be a lot of work. Ive also seen the brake line lock valves that you push down to set and pop open when you step on the brake again.
my question regarding the transfer case brake (if i bother to build something like that) is, would that be too much load to put on the case's aluminum housing? what ever i build for it will be mounted on the output housing and i wonder if it'll be too much rotational force for it. of course i wouldn't use it for stopping the truck, just parking on hills and such.
and the line lock valves, what's everyone's opinion of those? is leaving it up to the hydraulic components a bad idea? again i cant see using it for anything more than parking on hills and even then it wouldn't be for long periods of time. seems like a dirt simple design, mounting it might be the only issue. it would need to be accessible from the driver's seat.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Park-Lok-Hydraulic-Brake,1970.html
my question regarding the transfer case brake (if i bother to build something like that) is, would that be too much load to put on the case's aluminum housing? what ever i build for it will be mounted on the output housing and i wonder if it'll be too much rotational force for it. of course i wouldn't use it for stopping the truck, just parking on hills and such.
and the line lock valves, what's everyone's opinion of those? is leaving it up to the hydraulic components a bad idea? again i cant see using it for anything more than parking on hills and even then it wouldn't be for long periods of time. seems like a dirt simple design, mounting it might be the only issue. it would need to be accessible from the driver's seat.
http://www.speedwaymotors.com/Park-Lok-Hydraulic-Brake,1970.html
I don't like the line locks for this purpose.
Don't like that much continuous stress on the hydraulics. Something will fail, at the wrong time.
Don't like that much continuous stress on the hydraulics. Something will fail, at the wrong time.
They are used medium duty trucks all the time. A lot of wreckers have them as well. There is nothing wrong with using a line lock.
Martin
Martin
The restoration/modification of Daisy... [park brake question]
Ah ha! Two sides to every story! Now that I think of it, I've seen similar set ups on buses before. Those had to be manually released though.
Ah ha! Two sides to every story! Now that I think of it, I've seen similar set ups on buses before. Those had to be manually released though.
Seriously, every old grain truck has one because they work SO MUCH BETTER than the emergency brake, and you don't want them to move when you're dumping the bed.
Martin
Martin
