Posted by Clint Dixon on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 at 7:34PM :
On the last Forum, Phil Street made reference to one of my posts that ended up in the "Best of the Forum." It is titled: "Early Power Wagon Differences", and is located next to the bottom of the list in that section. A link to the post is provided below.
It has taken me a while, but I finally noticed that I had made some errors in my description of how POWER-WAGON cabs mount to the frame of the truck. I was trying to describe the differences I had found in the rear mounts and I also included a quick description of the front mounts in the post.
This is a quote from my writeup that Phil referred to: "The earlier trucks mounted the front of the cab to the cab hold down bracket using a 1-9/16' wood block and a 3/8" fiber pad as spacers. The driver's side front also used a spring loaded mounting bolt to allow flex between the cab and frame. The rear of the cab simply rested on the cab hold down brackets using a single 3/8" thick fiber pad per side as spacers."
Actually, that particular part of my writeup contains the errors. Corrected, it should read as follows: "On the earlier trucks, the cab mounts at each front corner to the corresponding frame mounted cab hold down bracket using, as spacers between the cab and bracket, one 1-9/16" wooden block and one 3/8" fiber pad per corner. The rear cab corners simply rest on their corresponding frame mounted cab hold down brackets using, as a spacer, a single 3/8" thick fiber pad per corner. All corners, except for the driver's side front, use a spring loaded mounting bolt to allow for flex between the cab and frame. The driver's side front corner uses no spring in order to provide for a rigid mount at that point. This rigid corner mounting is designed to prevent binding and flexing of the steering column, brake, and clutch pedals as the truck traverses uneven terrain."
Sorry If I created confusion.
Junior
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