Posted by Torvald [172.71.147.95] on Tuesday, February 07, 2023 at 16:31:40 :
In Reply to: oh look what I found posted by Bruce ost in BC [162.158.146.82] on Wednesday, February 01, 2023 at 22:21:39 :
Oh, that's my B-3-PW. My flanges were also bent but I straightened them. I'm afraid that the picture referenced above is an "after" shot. The "before" picture definitely shows the upper flange bent down and the lower flange bent up, though the bends on mine were not as tidy as Todds. Now that the cab is back on the frame with running gear in place I can see that there is only about 1/2" between the edge of the straightened flanges and the intermediate drive shaft. I'm thinking that as the rubber cab mounts aged and compressed the intermediate shaft started rubbing on the cab at these flanges. The easy fix is to just bend the flanges out of the way, so that is what was done.