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Re: [oletrucks] spindles

To: "Brian _" <pkupman57@hotmail.com>, <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] spindles
From: "Woods E. Houghton" <woodecindy@caverns.com>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2000 18:14:04 -0600
yes, they are spec. different.  You can heat the bearing in a oven to 400
degrees,  cool the spindle with rock salt and ice like an cream making mid,
or with propane.  They should slide right on.  Do not force!.
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian _ <pkupman57@hotmail.com>
To: oletrucks@autox.team.net <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Date: Monday, May 29, 2000 2:43 PM
Subject: [oletrucks] spindles


>hey all,
>ive got the disc brake kit from Pickups Northwest. and ive started putting
>them on. but, the bearing adapters seem too tight on my spindle. the
>instructions say they will get tight and not go on all the way, but mine
>seem too tight. im afraid to use a peice of pipe and a hammer to put them
>on, becuase im afraid to damage my spidnles or bearing adapters. my
>questions are:, are 3200 and 3100 spindles different? also, from anyone who
>has installed disc brakes on their I-beams, is there a trick to getting
>these adapters onto the spindle? i dont want to ruin anything in the
>proccess. so any help is greatly appreciated
>Brian M
>Atwater, CA
>'57 Chevy 3200
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