Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2012/12/19 18:35:07

JW: With as much discussion as there's been on difficulties popping off those rear drums after they've been on awhile, a better solution would be welcomed. The problem for me is I'm too dense mechanically or spatially to understand the solution you propose.

And I always worry that there might have been a reason for engineering it the way they did it.

Like replacing the bolts with studs. We did it because over the years, esp using air tools, the original nuts kept making the holes in the wheel rims bigger and bigger, until one day in 1980, parking on a slight incline I cranked the wheel pretty tight and a few nuts pulled through the rim. With new studs we were able to use some larger nuts.

I get that you could grind off and release the 5 rivets that alternate with the stud positions on the hub. Then I'm sort of lost.

Jim: Right. You can have a blog, but if you have a specific problem, I think it's better to start a new thread. Problem is a lot of restoration ends up on disparate threads, so I wanted to pull them together and list their topics. I think I could search for JoeSantana and all those threads would be returned.

Jim, I can't find a welder to weld those studs. My son was going to do it, but he and my daughter-in-law left for week in Cancun and won't be back til Saturday. He gave me the number of a welder whose phone is disconnected, and I've called every welder in Beaverton, Tigard and Tualatin. Some only do high-end medical and food processing welding, others huge steel structures, and the rest, their phones are disconnected. They don't return their calls. Even the primary supplier for welders is out of business. What's this world coming too? Got any suggestions?