Re: 9" rear in a jailbar truck
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Originally Posted by pistonbroke
Gary, I never cut all the way though. Just enough so I can split it with a a good chissel and hammer. The collers are much softer than the bearing. Tim
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Yes Tim. I understand that from the video. And the collar was tougher to break off with the air chisel. The bearing races as expected, broke like glass. I cut at about a 45degree angle so as not to cut into the bearing retainer plate as I was using a standard (but worn down) 4" cutoff blade. In looking at my failed puller, I may have inadvertently created the world's fastest caulking gun, so all is not lost 
Now the question segment: The brake tubes on this 1971 axle look smaller than on my '47 jailbar. Should I try to find a conversion size or adapter for the rubber hose and keep everything on the axles at 3/16" or whatever that is I'm looking at?
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Owner/Operator of 'Jailbar Ranch' on the side of Mt. Pickett. Current stable consists of 1946 1/2 ton pickup turned woodie wagon with FH V8, 1946 Tonner Pickup with 226 H six, 1979 Toyota landcruiser wagon, now wearing 1947 Ford Jailbar sheet metal. 'Rusty ol' floorboards, hot on their feet' (Alan Jackson)
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