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Old 05-19-2020, 11:24 AM   #11
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Re: Restoring Rusty

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Gregski -- What was the symptom that caused you to measure the temperatures?
1. truck just not coasting true as straight as a 45 year old aerodynamic brick normally does, ha ha

2. very slight smell of something burning (I thought it was a wire conduit gently touching the exhaust manifold at first)

this may sound stupid, but I sorta developed The Truck Whisper, not bragging just I can honestly feel when something aint right, I may not always know what is wrong, but something just bugs me and I have to investigate, I'm sure why you all drive your trucks you develop the same thing over time

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Also, did you physically look at inner and outer wheel bearings and races?
Not after my brake job, but before yes and they were fine. I actually installed the wheel bearings carefully in a process similar to the one described above, where I tightened the castle nut then loosened it to find the hole for the cotter pin.
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