Re: The Duchess Project: 1940 Super 8 Convertible Sedan

Posted by Joe Santana On 2018/7/6 21:48:09

IT'S ALWAYS SOMETHING DEPT:
When I came back fro Seattle I heard a little clunk as I let out the clutch. This turned out to be a combinations of things:
worn drive shaft spline
worn axle
one of the NOS u-joints has a bit of movement

But in removing the rear drivers brake drum, which was stuck hard, it popped and that gave it a hairline crack, causing a ack-ack when I hit the brakes.

So now we need 2 drums (because that are worn also and don't have enough material to turn), 2 axle nuts (one was beat to heck and the other was stripped in the removal process), an axle (or 2).

To get rid of the clunk I need a slip yoke and spline or a complete drive shaft, and a new rear instead of NOS u-joint.

Of course this is the first year I entered the local concours...on July 15 (though I showed the car there last year).

So early tomorrow morning I'm headed to Washougal WA to Joe Block's to pull the parts from a 1942 Limo. I've since learned that most likely, the axles and hubs added in 1970 weren't from an ambulance, but from a limo.