84 460 4 speed Lowered street truck

[Chris Guthro]

Okay perfect! I imagine that will fit in an envelope would it not?

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[Gary Lewis]

Yes, it should fit in an envelope.

[Chris Guthro]

Okay shoot me your PayPal address once you get a total and I’ll get your money to yah !!

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Yes, it should fit in an envelope.

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[Chris Guthro]

Hopefully get the steering column fixed up tomorrow and get these column bearings in from drb machine and fab!!

[Gary Lewis]

Will do.  I'll find it tomorrow and see if I can get it out.  But it may be Tuesday.  You have bolts?  I don't have the ones that were in it, but could send some.  However, it'll be less expensive to ship w/o.

[Chris Guthro]

They should likely be just standard bolts. We got bolts at work if I had the dimensions needed

[salans7]

For what it's worth, the big brace is only available used, or occasionally somebody will have a NOS one up on Ebay or the Facebook groups. Nobody is currently making them new as of 5/17/2020. Terrapin MFG was making new ones, but they closed their doors. I suspect Bronco Graveyard was getting their product from Terrapin, but since he shut down, they're out of stock (they don't update the site) and can only get more if somebody else starts making them.

I have the lower bearing retainer from DRB in my truck as well and I can't wait to test it out.

[Rembrant]

I saw Jason comment on FB just a few days and I thought he said he wasn’t making them for JBG. He said JBG basically pushed him out of the market and he was only selling 30-40 braces per year. He must have been selling a lot of them before JBG got into it.

[Gary Lewis]

This is something we need our new LMC friend, Keith, to look into.  I'll ping him.

[Chris Guthro]

Thanks for the info guys! I’ll try the little brace first since the cabs in good shape. I’d like to get the big bracket tho for the pull truck since that’s taking a good size beating haha

[ArdWrknTrk]

The bolts are normal, but the nuts are prevailing torque (triangle distorted)
It's probably a good idea not to have it loosen up on you.

[salans7]

Rembrant wrote

I saw Jason comment on FB just a few days and I thought he said he wasn’t making them for JBG. He said JBG basically pushed him out of the market and he was only selling 30-40 braces per year. He must have been selling a lot of them before JBG got into it.

Yea, I'm only assuming based on the fact that JBG told me that their supplier had closed down unexpectedly, and they had no idea when their supplier was going to reopen. But if Jason said he wasn't making them for JBG, then that's interesting. I'll probably ping JBG in another month and see if their supplier has re-opened and whether they have more.

[Gary Lewis]

I sent Keith a note last night and he said he'll look into it.  But he is just starting the new job today, so at best it'll take a while.

I suggested he contact Jason and see what the deal is about making them, and if he won't or can't then see if they can buy the plans off him and have them made.

Maybe even Reamer would?

[salans7]

I wish somebody would because at this point I have to make my own. . And that brace is keeping me from putting my dash back in the truck.

[Gary Lewis]

Didn't know you were looking or I'd have offered this one to you.  Are you looking for the big one though?

I installed the big one in Big Blue with the dash in.  It would have been easier with it out, but wasn't too bad with it in.  However, I have a right-angle drill that made some of those holes less of a pain with the dash in.

[salans7]

I'm looking for the big one. My parts truck in the junkyard has a small one on it, but I'd rather have the full-size one. I made a template so that I can transfer that to a piece of 11g plate steel if absolutely necessary, but it would be easier to buy one made by somebody with a press.

[Gary Lewis]

Somebody with a computer-controlled plasma cutter and a press/brake?  

[salans7]

Gary Lewis wrote

Somebody with a computer-controlled plasma cutter and a press/brake?  

Exactly.

[Gary Lewis]

A FB friend named Ron has this private message: "You need to see this discussion: http://forum.garysgaragemahal.com/84-460-4-speed-Lowered-street-truck-tp61156p61304.html"

(Hmmm, that kinda reminds me of Traffic Jam:

Now I almost had a heart attack
Looking in my rear view mirror
I saw myself the next car back
Looking in the rear view mirror
About to have a heart attack

[salans7]

So after reading the Facebook exchange regarding the firewall plates, I reached out to JBG and they confirmed that they have the plates in stock as of 5/18/2020. So I placed an order and we'll see what happens.