Originally Posted by Airdirect (Post 8507257)

I have had good success with ordering brake parts from Rock Auto online. All the parts I have ordered have been good quality.

Originally Posted by Airdirect (Post 8507296)

I took my brakes apart and the drums were perfect, you never know without looking. You may find your shoes are in good shape. Some grooves in the drums should not be a problem. They are much more tolerant than a car. You can see how good the brake shoes were on mine:

http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...=721374&page=5

One thing to consider is using DOT 5 brake fluid once you rebuilt the system. DOT 5 does not attract moisture and is great for collector vehicles or low utilization.

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20 (Post 8507595)

Yeah, the only time I ever had mine apart was to replace a rear wheel bearing seal. The shoes were great except soaked with oil. I cleaned them up the best I could with brake cleaner and put it all back together.

A little while later, I hauled a house trailer over a high mountain pass in Colorado. Coming down the brakes on that side smoked like crazy. I guess I finished cleaning all the oil off of them! :lol:

Originally Posted by 71'tahoe (Post 8507823)

I will hopefully not have to buy any drums or shoes but i'll know more later in the week.
Sounds like you had quite the adventure.

Originally Posted by CarolinaHD (Post 8507935)

I didnt spot the 10 lug 7000lb front axle in the first post, nice heavy medium!

Originally Posted by 71'tahoe (Post 8507246)

I agree with low gears! My 1992 Peterbilt 379 has 3:90's and a 9 speed. I mainly haul grain with it so pulling out of some of these midwest fields loaded to the max, I fully understand low gears.

I have a good friend who owns a tire shop and i'm going to have her look for tires. The ones on it are not bad per say but they are really old and I have experienced blow outs on steer axles and drive axles..Neither one are fun or safe.

Brakes seem soft. I'm going to take the wheels off soon and try to remove the drums and inspect them. I know it has two wheel cylinders per side. I'm not sure if I'll be able to even find rebuild kits for them. I believe I do have a bad line/leak somewhere. I plan to do a hydro boost swap soon to do away with the single pot master cylinder and vacuum booster. I'm basically planning for the worse, that's all.

The suspension I have a couple rusted U-bolts which are no issue but the one rear axle saddle is rusted in two. Ill post photos tomorrow.

I was talking with a friend today and I believe my new plan is to find a Top Kick/Kodiak that has similar length and do a cab and bed swap. I still plan to work the truck in it's current condition pending I find no real issues with the brakes and I can find a axle U-bolt saddle.

Lastly the main reason I bought the truck is because it's an old 1967 dump truck, I do not want to loose that part of the build. Sure I could just go buy a small dump truck and keep moving but it wouldn't be as cool as a 1967 C50 dump truck. I know to some it may not make a lick of sense but to me to be able to build a cool old usable dump that I can enter into the local car show or draw attention to my shop..why not?

Originally Posted by 67_C-30 (Post 8509116)

:metal: That’s why this hobby is so cool. It ain’t gotta make sense!

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20 (Post 8510604)

Wow, looks like the engine, transmission, and bed/hoist is about all that's worth saving.