Recent content by ModelAHawaii

HI All, I finally got my 29 Pickup on the road. Yeah me. Did it all myself with some help from Les Anders. Thank you Les. Anyway, I was looking for torque specs for the shift tower bolts and the other areas associated with the driveline. I found specs for the rear axle but not for the...

HI, I'm getting ready to put the torque tube back on the drive shaft and close it up. I was wondering what grease or lube to use on the roller bearing and the two gears in the torque tube? Is it just the regular bearing grease or is it something different. Thank you.

Thank you everyone. It was more than I had anticipated but I was correct in believing the axle broke. Didn't expect the carrier to have snapped. Time to source parts and do a rebuild. First axle rebuild for me. I've changed axle but never rebuilt them. Its just hard to find parts in the...

Honestly I don't know if its original or reproduction. It's just what I found in the axle after taking it apart. I've had the pickup for about 5 years. It was brought to Hawaii from Texas I believe. I might be the 4 or 5th owner over the years.

Hi, Took apart the rear axle. The axle is broken and the carrier housing is broken. All gears not broken but some show some wear. Look at the ring and pinion gears and let me know if i should replace. I understand there just pictures. I tried to show the wear as best I could. Thank you.

Plus No teeth broken on anything.

HI I finally got to pulling my rear axle apart. It was worse than I thought. The drivers side axle split on the gear side in the spider carrier. The spider carrier housing on the drivers side where the bearing sits broke off as well. Now I have to find a rear axle. In the middle of the...

HI, Yesterday I removed the rear axle from my 29 pickup. All went well with the one exception. The shackles on both axle sides didn't want to slide out. After an hour of pounding they came out. (yes i had a spring spreader on it.) The rear spring is still installed in the bed. The entire...

Thank you for the replies. From the engine back I believe everything is ok. I can spin the motor and it trucks the transmission and gears. The u joint spins the drive shaft back thru the drive shaft to the pinion gear. The pinion gears spins the spider gears which spin the axle gear on the...

Hi, My 29 pickup has no forward or reverse gears. I lifted the rear axle on jack stands. Opened the fill hole on the of the center carrier banjo. When I spin the motor by hand the pinion gear and spider gears and the right axle (pass. side) spin. The left axle (drivers side0 does...

Thank you Bob C I'll have to check that out tomorrow. As previously mentioned the axle keys are fine.

So is everyone saying I should put in gear let out the clutch and rev the motor? Then if the speedo moves I have a clutch/trans issue. If nothing then its from the trans back (i.e. u joints and rear end) Thank you

Hi Keith True Thanks for the reply. Please explain further the meaning of "If it works,the problem is behind the speedo drive.If it doesn't work the problem is more forward." Just so I understand it a bit better. If I put it in gear and rev the motor I don't think the speedo goes up...

Hi, I'm new to the Model A. Well I've owned my 29 Model A pickup for about 5 years now. Had a few things go out over the years. I've always been able to figure it out. This time I'm stumped. One day a few months ago I took out my pickup. On the way home I stopped at a light. After the...