Teal daily driven farm truck.

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Part 1.1
Looks like someone attempted to disassemble these units from the front.

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So far the drivers side appears ok.

 

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Part 1.2

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Adjusters are functioning (more on this later)

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Part 1.3 (it’d be really nice if we could have more than 5 photos per post)

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Driver side is dissembled to mostly individual parts. The adjusters appear to be glued or sonic welded together so I won’t attempt a complete disassembly without a means of appropriate reassembly.

Steps repeated for passenger side:

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Part 1.4: more passenger side damage

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One bent adjuster
2 broken tabs (structural)
Several cracks
Missing edge piece and center divider

The bracket is slightly tweaked, the cracks don’t easily line back up. I’ll try boiling the piece for a while to help it relax. Brackets are made of a glass fiber reinforced plastic but the hot staples should still work well.

Both assemblies are fully disassembled and parts are accounted for.

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Part 2: repairs and restoration

The bent adjuster still functions

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The bent screw was put into a m5x.08 rivnut. Heated and bent into shape.

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Some light taps with a tiny hammer, and rethreaded with the appropriate die. I was able to cycle the adjuster throughout its full range.

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It’s not perfect but it functions like it’s supposed to

 

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Part 2.1

I was able to get 4 of the 8 adjusters taken apart, cleaned, thread chased and reassembled today.

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Screws and springs are getting a bath in evapo-rust.

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That’s it for today.

 

[fancyTBI]

Nice work. Can’t beat a nice score and some light wrenching.

 

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Nice work. Can’t beat a nice score and some light wrenching.

$8…. For both assemblies.
I’ve seen everywhere from $140 a side to $500 a pair being asked for these.

I did find a NOS passenger bracket for $35 shipped though…

The light wrenching is good for me. This restoration stuff really makes me happy.

I wonder if someone would give me $200 for the refurbished adjusters

 

[HotWheelsBurban]

$8…. For both assemblies.
I’ve seen everywhere from $140 a side to $500 a pair being asked for these.

I did find a NOS passenger bracket for $35 shipped though…

The light wrenching is good for me. This restoration stuff really makes me happy.

I wonder if someone would give me $200 for the refurbished adjusters

The first set of quad beams I got, was from the U Pull And Pay, on one of the 50% off Days they used to do, and I think the whole set cost under $20. Beams were cracked, but those are still available. Second set came from there, but no more discount days. So I think they cost around $50, but I got pigtails with that set. Had to clean em up a bit before they went out of state....
Next set came from LKQ and they no longer have a price in their system for sealed beam headlights. So they charged me for fog lights, 4x $17 + TT&L. But these still have good Guide bulbs in them, and are pretty clean for yard parts. What grinds my gears, is that I've missed a couple of sets in the yards, from being too broke to get them. Haven't got a yard trip in since August last year, I've missed a bunch of stuff.

 

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What grinds my gears, is that I've missed a couple of sets in the yards, from being too broke to get them.

I hear that. There was a bunch of stuff I wanted. I was unprepared, we were just grabbing seat belts for my dads truck.