Kenworth C500

[Swamp Dog]

16 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

My suspension and tires/ rims arrived today. 

Paul sells great parts. been knowing him for many years. 

[Gary Chastain]

Suspension and axles are arriving, the suspension will be pretty close to accurate for 2017 C500, the 3D printed axles are not perfect for the year, but fairly close and well detailed. 

[Wolf]

Hi Gary,

Where did you get those aluminum/steel (?) Blocks. I can see those being extremely handy for ensuring frames are completely square.

Cheers,    
Wolf

[Gary Chastain]

eBay, they are https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=1-2-3+blocks&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1311

i have six of them or three pairs and oh man, they are great for fixturing things up, squaring things, I also have one set of V- blocks and a full set of parallels. I also use a height gage to get all my axles at the same height. 

[BK9300]

1 hour ago, Gary Chastain said:

Suspension and axles are arriving, the suspension will be pretty close to accurate for 2017 C500, the 3D printed axles are not perfect for the year, but fairly close and well detailed. 

Have you decided on the Neway or the Hendrickson suspension?

[Gary Chastain]

3 minutes ago, BK9300 said:

Have you decided on the Neway or the Hendrickson suspension?

Neway, but there are two versions, one version has a wishbone (better term) that connects the top of the axle to the frame, the older version has two rods, I have the two rod version, that I got from ST Supply

[Gary Chastain]

Laying out the suspension for 2.16 inch (4ft-6in, 54 inch) spacing  

[lwwoodss]

The Neway AD is a great little kit , used it on an older KW. Like the diffs , never seen those, what's the source ?  Thanks

[Gary Chastain]

32 minutes ago, lwwoodss said:

The Neway AD is a great little kit , used it on an older KW. Like the diffs , never seen those, what's the source ?  Thanks

Those axles are from ST Supply, they are in the 1:24 scale Kenworth air suspension kit. 
https://stsupplyco.com/collections/chassis-suspensions-axles/products/kenworth-airglide-suspension-tandem-axle-kit-1-24-scale

[Pete68]

2 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Laying out the suspension for 2.16 inch (4ft-6in, 54 inch) spacing  

Looking good Gary going to be a nice set up 

[lwwoodss]

33 minutes ago, Gary Chastain said:

Those axles are from ST Supply, they are in the 1:24 scale Kenworth air suspension kit. 
https://stsupplyco.com/collections/chassis-suspensions-axles/products/kenworth-airglide-suspension-tandem-axle-kit-1-24-scale

Thanks.  Wouldn't have thought to look at that.

[Gary Chastain]

36 minutes ago, lwwoodss said:

Thanks.  Wouldn't have thought to look at that.

Me either, had that set for correcting the T600 kit, was digging for axles for C500. One note, these axles have the large wheel hubs as well, bonus for me. 

[Jürgen M.]

Wow, Gary!

Doing three builds at a time and all of them with the same great quality and defication!

 

[Gary Chastain]

9 minutes ago, Jürgen M. said:

Wow, Gary!

Doing three builds at a time and all of them with the same great quality and defication!

 

Not really , 1:the Road Boss will go back to the shelf again for future work, 2:  The C500 is next up but still chasing parts, not starting building anything yet, 3:my time is still focused on the 925 KW and getting it finished. 

[BK9300]

7 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Not really , 1:the Road Boss will go back to the shelf again for future work, 2:  The C500 is next up but still chasing parts, not starting building anything yet, 3:my time is still focused on the 925 KW and getting it finished. 

I started a couple separate parts boxes for the next build, and am still getting some bits mixed up between the two projects I have.  Pretty sure three builds would require part of another room for me - sounds like you’re very organized!

[Wolf]

On 11/10/2025 at 11:45 AM, Gary Chastain said:

eBay, they are https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=1-2-3+blocks&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1311

i have six of them or three pairs and oh man, they are great for fixturing things up, squaring things, I also have one set of V- blocks and a full set of parallels. I also use a height gage to get all my axles at the same height. 

Hi Gary,

Thanks for your reply

On 11/10/2025 at 11:45 AM, Gary Chastain said:

eBay, they are https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=1-2-3+blocks&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4624852.m570.l1311

i have six of them or three pairs and oh man, they are great for fixturing things up, squaring things, I also have one set of V- blocks and a full set of parallels. I also use a height gage to get all my axles at the same height. 

Hi Gary,

Thanks for the info on the 1-2-3 Blocks. I’ll definitely have to invest in some of those now that I know where to find ´em.

Cheers,    
Wolf

[Gary Chastain]

Cleaned up bench, moved C500 to front and center, organized most of the parts on side bench. Still waiting on new cab with smaller sleeper and another axle set but I can get started making frame rail's

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[RoninUtah]

Wow! My bench has NEVER looked that tidy and well-organized!

[BK9300]

Geez, this is going to be a brute!  Looking forward to seeing what you create with this one.

[Biggu]

OH BOY !!!!

[Swamp Dog]

5 hours ago, Gary Chastain said:

Cleaned up bench, moved C500 to front and center, organized most of the parts on side bench. Still waiting on new cab with smaller sleeper and another axle set but I can get started making frame rail's

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did you get the one printed from the file on Cults ?

[Gary Chastain]

53 minutes ago, Swamp Dog said:

did you get the one printed from the file on Cults ?

No, got one coming from Global

[Jürgen M.]

This is so amazing!

The knowledge of which axles and suspension we're installed in a specific year is just unbelievable!

That combined with the accuracy of your work is just WOW!