International Harvester FA50 Axle Reseal

[@thinkingofyouto1]

Backyard Alaska KZbin channel shouted you out so I came over to see what’s up

[@ridgwalkerg]

I've been doing International trucks since the 70's. Absolutely love the quality behind their manufacturing. Here in British Columbia there weren't any R-140's or R-160's but we're 4x4's in the 50's. Most had horses . I've had a few 1/2 ton and 3/4 4x4's. Good work your doing, I'd love to find one. I have a 68 1)2 ton and some more parts coming soon.

[@mattjanzen86]

Damn cool truck! I have a '56 S-120. Good stuff ET!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Thanks, Matt! I've got a S-120 too, such a great all-purpose truck!

[@geoffowler8065]

Hey big dawg! Thanks for taking the time to put this video together! Great job!

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Can't wait to make a definitive version in a shop- with help!

[@dustcommander100]

Man, that was a lot of grease! Real interesting to see that axle joint - got a glimpse of one in another video. Massive! Probably hard to find, too.

[@davidsamuelu6528]

I’ve just now subscribed, I’m watching from Alaska and I heard about you through BackyardAlaska, just wanted to say thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. And also doing it with patience, cool stuff Sir, 👍👍

[@lenkowalyshen9571]

I had a cool 57 back in the late 1970s always loved that truck it was a step side version........... just a great truck. Only problem was it was used for an oyster shell truck at processing plant .....rusted to crap .........always ran great was a 4x and sat really high .......was told it had been a fire rescue truck at one time. Great video came here from Back yard Alaska.............I sub to your channel

[@MP-io7yj]

Alaskan sent me over you got nice IHC I got my grandparents 57 A160 IHC 4x4 he ordered it new for his oil field testing company It's all still original even still got original IHC Lock out hubs . I put a flat bed with wench poles on it. 4 generations of my family have rode in that truck. And will pass it to my son.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Man, that truck sounds rad! Do you have any videos of it on your KZbin? I'd love to see it.

[@joshgeorge9614]

Hey Boss, just found your channel and lovin every minute. Keep up the great work, and Thank you for saving these old binders.

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

My pleasure! Thanks for positive feedback!

[@HODGEPODGEDODGEGARAGE]

Fantastic video 🙂👍 Nice job showing the part number for the seals to help out others. Take care 🔧

[@morgansword]

It was over sixty years ago, where dad was rebuilding one of these on a 44 year model gmc truck.. army rig, where he used the alignment tool, dad had me hold my feet on either side of it .... I was small enough to hunch down and hold it in place while he put it together. I did them by myself as years followed. The square plug that is showing in the metal hub could be removed and you poured 70x90 weight oil in there. Didn't have that boot so used a piece of starting cord rope inside where it pulled out to it and wrapped it around so the oil would not just run back out. It was on the 6x6 model so the front brakes were removed an we just blocked that part off and used the brakes on the rear axles to stop those rigs with. horrible amount of work to just get to the shoes n the wheel cylinder.

[@georgecowboydearing6526]

Im currently building a 1950 diamond t 520, its a international... putting cab and front clip onto a 1986 ford f250 diesel 4x4 running gear.. the flat head straight 6 turns over, never tried to fire it, might run 🤷‍♂️, 2 speed rear axle and transmission all seem to move freely but, im not using any of it.. hopefully ill have most of the build done before winter but im disabled and building it by myself.. 🤘🤠👍

[@josephkryszczak]

Couple questions. Did you measure the axle shaft lengths by chance? Im trying to see if early rockwells would fit. Also are you doing lockout hubs? Did it have them already? Where did you find them if not? If the rockwells do work, then i have an option of chrome moly U joints and shaft. Or they have just plain shafts with rzeppa or bendix. I imagine chrome moly trumps any debate?

[@shakespeare_hall4788]

Wow man your knowledge is gold! this is the best channel for instruction I have come across I will be sending other binder buddies here for sure thanks for your efforts to film and post I'm loving this hands on stuff you are the man with the spanners👌

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

Hey thanks! Sorry for the late response, but I definitely appreciate it!

[@davidpeterson8321]

Did you rebuild or replace your front wheel cylinders eventually? I'd love to know what was involved. Maybe a re-sleeve?

[@westeses]

Do you know if you can swap the rzeppa with a Bendix? I'm working on an M-2-4 and having a hard time finding the Rzeppa style. Or of you might have any spares laying around that you'd like to sell I'd be interested. I follow you on instagram by the way, great stuff. Love seeing these old trucks!

[@alcofrisbas.]

What kind of modification do you need to do the trunnion oil seal(NAT) to make it work?

[@buckinjb]

Eric...when it was first worked on, what do you think they repaired, the same seal?

[@BareKnuckleBinder]

It’s hard to say. There was some funny business on the driver side. I took that side apart after filming the passenger side and there was a Rzeppa-joint axle shaft from a WWII truck on that side. This is only a guess, but maybe an axle shaft broke early on and they torn the whole axle down to check it, replaced the original seals with the same model/style seals (the correct replacement at the time) and bolted it back together.

[@buckinjb]

@@BareKnuckleBinder Do you know when anti-seize was first used? That may provide a time frame the earliest it could have been worked on. Yeah, that is strange that it had two types of joints used (not that I really know the types until I heard it from you just now). Anyway....good luck getting the truck to Texas. We await your next BKB video. Later.