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I've got a 68 J3000 with a closed knuckle 44 up front. The drivers side has an assumed toasted wheel cylinder since brake fluid pours out about as fast as I pour it in. My question is, and I know it probably sounds dumb, but is there a special trick to getting the drum off? I loosed up the brake pads as much as possible but can't get the thing to budge. I've never worked on a closed knuckle axle before so I'm a little unsure of my footing here. I had just assumed (yeah. I know.) that the drum would slide off over the hub but upon closer inspection I'm not so sure.
Speaking of funky hubs, I've never seen a set like these and I'm wondering if they were par for the course on the older J-trucks. They aren't the standard twist the knob type I'm used to but rather you have two levers that you swing out, give a half turn to, and then swing back in against the face of the hub.
I don't intend to get too deep into these axles as I've got some later model and heavier duty J-truck axles coming that I intend to swap in, but I'd like to at least be able to move this truck about without crashing into something.
You can tell by the post count and past posts that I'm a total newb when it comes to J-trucks but I tend to jump into things with both feet. And all related arms, legs, and other various body parts. Two or so weeks ago I had never laid hands on a jeep truck and now I've got two in the garage, one more yet to pick up, and a couple of rolling chassis along with it. All this in order to piece and part together what I want as a driver. The criteria was Brow, Rhino, heavy axles and V8.
The first truck has the brow and rhino along with a cab that is fairly decent, semi decent bed, and an excellent frame. The drive train is 232/t-14/d20 and d-44 axles, the front being the mentioned closed knuckle unit. All that is coming out. Another plus is it has absolutely brand new rubber on all 4 corners. All the little rubber nubbies are still present all across the tread.
The second truck has a wasted cab and a frame of unknown condition due to the literal half inch of...goo that was sprayed all over it. I'm assuming it is some sort of rustproofing and to me appears to be old old cosmoline or something. It has a 360 with factory a factory barrel/TH-400/Quadratrac/D-44s. The front has a lockout hub conversion which was an unexpected bonus. I bought this one from a junkyard that had been using it as a yard truck until the gas tank strap rotted off and dropped the tank on the ground. I had just finished loading it up when one of the yard workers walks over and kind of whispers to me, "hey, did they tell you about the motor"? Of course I think ah crap the guy already has my money and I'm going to find out the crank busted in half or something equally unpleasant. Yard ape tells me it ran like a champ and he thinks someone had reworked the motor. I hadn't paid too much attention in the yard other than to check fluids and make sure there weren't any holes in the block. I fully expected to have to rebuild the whole drivetrain anyway.
Today I take a closer look-see and can tell the intake had been R&R'd and the paint on the block looked way too fresh to be 30 years old. New-ish water pump, new fuel lines to the carb, etc. Hmmm, I goes. Slap in a battery, run some fuel line into a jerry can, cross my fingers and turn the key. Vroooom goes the motor with a very nice and rather impressive rumble. Hmmm, I goes again and slide under for a look at the semi-newish (read not rusted out) dual exhaust. Another plus (for someone) is the engine bay is complete with every bit of factory smoggity stuff the maker saw fit to provide. It's not my cup of tea so will probably end up on flea-Bay for those interested in doing a total restoration on their truck.
The other truck is J20 with 360/TH400/Q.T./44-60 combo and the rolling chassis are the same combo (I think!). I'm taking my tractor/trailer to pick up that mess on friday.
Add all that to the 2 CJ7s, CJ5, and cherokee that I already have and it isn't hard to see that I should be standing in front of a group of strangers saying my name is Tom....and I'm a Jeepaholic.
Anyway, the point of this long rambling post is....can somebody tell me how the **** drum comes off the **** front axle?
Speaking of funky hubs, I've never seen a set like these and I'm wondering if they were par for the course on the older J-trucks. They aren't the standard twist the knob type I'm used to but rather you have two levers that you swing out, give a half turn to, and then swing back in against the face of the hub.
I don't intend to get too deep into these axles as I've got some later model and heavier duty J-truck axles coming that I intend to swap in, but I'd like to at least be able to move this truck about without crashing into something.
You can tell by the post count and past posts that I'm a total newb when it comes to J-trucks but I tend to jump into things with both feet. And all related arms, legs, and other various body parts. Two or so weeks ago I had never laid hands on a jeep truck and now I've got two in the garage, one more yet to pick up, and a couple of rolling chassis along with it. All this in order to piece and part together what I want as a driver. The criteria was Brow, Rhino, heavy axles and V8.
The first truck has the brow and rhino along with a cab that is fairly decent, semi decent bed, and an excellent frame. The drive train is 232/t-14/d20 and d-44 axles, the front being the mentioned closed knuckle unit. All that is coming out. Another plus is it has absolutely brand new rubber on all 4 corners. All the little rubber nubbies are still present all across the tread.
The second truck has a wasted cab and a frame of unknown condition due to the literal half inch of...goo that was sprayed all over it. I'm assuming it is some sort of rustproofing and to me appears to be old old cosmoline or something. It has a 360 with factory a factory barrel/TH-400/Quadratrac/D-44s. The front has a lockout hub conversion which was an unexpected bonus. I bought this one from a junkyard that had been using it as a yard truck until the gas tank strap rotted off and dropped the tank on the ground. I had just finished loading it up when one of the yard workers walks over and kind of whispers to me, "hey, did they tell you about the motor"? Of course I think ah crap the guy already has my money and I'm going to find out the crank busted in half or something equally unpleasant. Yard ape tells me it ran like a champ and he thinks someone had reworked the motor. I hadn't paid too much attention in the yard other than to check fluids and make sure there weren't any holes in the block. I fully expected to have to rebuild the whole drivetrain anyway.
Today I take a closer look-see and can tell the intake had been R&R'd and the paint on the block looked way too fresh to be 30 years old. New-ish water pump, new fuel lines to the carb, etc. Hmmm, I goes. Slap in a battery, run some fuel line into a jerry can, cross my fingers and turn the key. Vroooom goes the motor with a very nice and rather impressive rumble. Hmmm, I goes again and slide under for a look at the semi-newish (read not rusted out) dual exhaust. Another plus (for someone) is the engine bay is complete with every bit of factory smoggity stuff the maker saw fit to provide. It's not my cup of tea so will probably end up on flea-Bay for those interested in doing a total restoration on their truck.
The other truck is J20 with 360/TH400/Q.T./44-60 combo and the rolling chassis are the same combo (I think!). I'm taking my tractor/trailer to pick up that mess on friday.
Add all that to the 2 CJ7s, CJ5, and cherokee that I already have and it isn't hard to see that I should be standing in front of a group of strangers saying my name is Tom....and I'm a Jeepaholic.
Anyway, the point of this long rambling post is....can somebody tell me how the **** drum comes off the **** front axle?
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