FORD TWIN I BEAM ??

Thad in AR. wrote: Every time I look at a new GM I can’t help but see obamas face and remember that they never actually paid back the tax payers.

Ray54 wrote: You need one with the TIB Freebee. You would not spill so much beer when you chug down the railroad tracks to get to the blocked crossing.  Ford had a commercial back when they where new driving on the rails with a big star holding a  cup of coffee without spilling a drop.  Chevy had a non solid axle in C 60 trucks in 1960, as one is rusting away out in my junk. It drove good for a old truck, but was told real expensive to rebuild.

Back in the late 60's or early 70's I remember seeing a Ford commercial where they had a Twin-I-Beam pickup driving along railroad tracks; there was a metal bar attached to the spindle of the front wheel and a metal bar mounted on the front bumper.

There were glass bottles standing in between the railroad ties; the bar mounted on the bumper would just barely pass over the top of the bottles, and the bar mounted on the spindle would break the bottles when it dropped down between the ties.

I always wondered who got to clean up the mess

  I assume your talking the hunger march? Bennet had a lot of influence over Ford so much so his family didn't approve and when Henry died one of the first things they did was fire Bennet. So how much under Fords thumb he was isn't clear. Henry Ford did do a number of good things for his employees. As far as the hunger march it wasn't as simple as Fords security murdering people, I have doubts about how accurate wikpedia and the history channel for that matter but if you type in Ford hunger march it does show quite a lot was going on at the time.

Edited by Dorix - 22 Jun 2022 at 7:07pm

 He had his henchmen murder striking workers DUDE  !!

In 1996 the F-150's went to a more conventional lower A-arm with a ball joint that wore out. They did this to position the engine lower as I remember.

Ford used the twin I beams from 1965 until 2016 on F250 & 350 2wd. 

1999 First year of Solid Front End FWD F250. Believe was 2001 or 2002 when Coil Front returned and the Twin I went away in F150 and F250 2WD

Thanks for "most" of the replies, yet no one answered WHEN the TIB went away 

You can replace inner and outer front wheel bearings and races for both sides for $40.00 for quality bearings.
If kept serviced they will last many many years. They can be changed on the side of the road with no special tools. A 4x4 socket is helpful but not necessary.
Price wheel bearings for a new half ton 4x4 then see about getting them replaced. Then see about servicing them.
Then move on to the axles and cv joints which are similar to a foreign piece of front wheel drive car.

Henry Ford had his good and bad qualities, but to watch a history channel segment and have Hitler come to mind is a lack of knowledge concerning both. As for the twin I beam I didn't have one but I had friends who did, I didn't think they were that bad for what they were.

PaulB wrote: Speaking of Henry the shyster, He went bankrupt with others money quite a few times.   Formed Detroit Automobile in 1899 and it was dissolved 18 months later.  In 1901 he was Chief engineer of Henry Ford Co.  4 months later the company sold in receivership to Henry Leland, who renamed it Cadillac Motor Co.    Late in 1902 He formed Ford & Malcomson LTD which failed when The Dodge Brother demanded payment for goods and services.  Reorganized as FoMoCo in 1903 with money of 12 others.  Proved he was dishonest in the late 40 when he went back on his word with Harry Ferguson for patent royalties for use of the 3pt hitch "Ferguson System" Finally lost that battle in court and never ever fully paid off.   Yes he raised the working wage for his employees, however he force all those working for him to live in his Company towns and adhere to his rules of conduct. Anyone that works with unionizers was fired, until the union finally got in after the riots and murders.     Not really one of America's model citizens, more of a tyrant.

How many times has General Motors declared bankruptcy?

One more I, and you get American Standard Code for Informational Interchange.  Which we all use everyday

Speaking of Henry the shyster, He went bankrupt with others money quite a few times. 

Edited by PaulB - 20 Jun 2022 at 10:43am

DonDittmar wrote: DrAllis wrote: Hitler murdered 6 million Jews. Henry sure didn't.  No, but at first he was ok with it which is just as bad.  Henry had a thing against Jewish bankers. He figured they would ruin everything. Its is part of the reason the Ford Motor Company is set up the way it is. Controlling interest always remains within the Ford family.