Mack NR color

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Attached the steering knuckles. Had to grind the king pins over for about 0.4 mm
and ordered new bushings to fabricate of brass. Next arranged "elephant ear" bogie brackets and turned the frame from its back to normal position.

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Moved the bogie under the chassis and took it into the place.

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I followed over the front axle, assembled brakes and put the hubs on.

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Another part of a long story was the steering gear.
There was a radial play of the shaft so I realized to change idle bearings.
To my big surprize they were avalible on Amazon.com by the same part number as they were marked originally. I got them, added new seal, blasted and painted the body, set steering wheel shaft bearings tightness and put the assembly onto
the frame.

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I fitted the tie rod wich was in a good condition but totally rebuilt and put the most nice parts of that story - wheels