Front disc change over

[Banjo]

you need to find a metal scrapyard that buys all kinds of metal by weight. If they have one, you can likely have them lift truck on forklift while they torch through frame and snag it all in one shot. I peiced mine together and wish I had just had them cut a frame off like that and gotten it all in one convenient package to mess with at home. Dont' forget your proportioning valve, they are hid in different spots depending on year of the truck. don't forget your brake line brackets they are either bolted to frame or riveted. if they are riveted and you have bought a cut off frame, have them torch the rivets while you are there, otherwise you'll be going through lots of drillbits and oil, those rivets are tough.
Use all grad 8 hardware when you reassemble, bolts, washers, nuts. If you have a tractor supply they are pretty good with grade 8, so is lowes. Be SURE you get grade 8 MATCHING washers and nuts too though! Use anti-seize on your bolts in case it's got to come apart in a couple decades. Use air powered grease gun on all grease fittings, that seems to get more pressure (to me) than manual grease guns. Oh yeah, Tractor supply also sells "green grease" which is supposedly one of best grease tubes, haven't tried it though. Banjo.

[dcbullet]

I got my disc stuff from a Pick-n-Pull in Fairfield. Since we live in California, you shouldn't have too much trouble with rust - at lease I didn't. It really wasn't that tough of a job and I did it by myself in probably two hours.

It would be better to have a helper, of course....

[price2757]

Not to hijack a thread, but thanks for that tip Banjo. I've never thought about going to the scrap yard. Some of the wrecking yards around where I live ask a pretty for some of their junk and I don't have room where I live to bring in a donor truck. Think I might take a jaunt down to the tideflats in Tacoma here soon.