Work on My F8, No. 11

[Jim Price]

Today we concentrated on removing the front springs and the rear brakes, incuding the removal of the backing plates.

The front springs' shackle bolts, which are enclosed in the bushings, were worn to the extent that they as well as the brackets that hold the springs to the frame will need to be replaced. The front bracket which should have a simple slot looks like a keyhole!

We were unsuccessful yesterday in finding brake parts and are going to a brake specialty shop on Monday to see what they might be able to do for us.

Was surprised to find (and dismayed!) that the only brake part on the left rear side was the wheel cylinder. That's right! No shoes, no springs, no adjuster! Weird!

As for the right side, the entire brake system will filled with an oily gunk!

Have attached pictures of these two.

Got a call from the machine shop and the axle is ready. It took 18 tons of pressure to push out the king pins but now I have new bushings and pins! Will pick it up on Monday as well.

Temp reached 107 F so we stopped work at 1:30 pm today.

Regards,
Jim