Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car
Posted by HH56 On 2023/7/15 20:56:56
Providing the Henney's had the same clutch and linkage arrangement as regular cars there is apparently a small bracket the end of the spring hooks onto. The way the regular parts book has it laid out it looks to bolt somewhere near the engine side on the 51 and later models so the spring is almost straight back to the fork. If you have a Henney parts book maybe it is shown. Clipper based bodies thru 50 had a long angled bracket that bolted to the frame sort of under the steering box and the spring angled over towards the frame to catch the end of the bracket near the engine side of steering box.
Not sure what your curved washer looks like but if it is a bit thinner than a regular flat washer and slightly curved it could be a Belleville washer. If that is what it is and thick enough they sometimes take the place of regular flat washers to act as sort of a spring to control vibration. Regular cars thru 50 had rods with a fairly wide flanged end where the part that went thru the various bushings fastened. On those a wave washer went between the flange and lever to control vibration. The flange pushed on one side and the lever on the other to compress the washer. A regular flat washer went next to the cotter key. If the 51 rods are similar and it is a fairly thin Belleville washer it probably goes in the same place. I doubt it really matters which side the curved washer is placed just as long as it contacts enough of a surface at the curved side to provide a slight tension to keep vibration under control once the cotter key is inserted.
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Not sure what your curved washer looks like but if it is a bit thinner than a regular flat washer and slightly curved it could be a Belleville washer. If that is what it is and thick enough they sometimes take the place of regular flat washers to act as sort of a spring to control vibration. Regular cars thru 50 had rods with a fairly wide flanged end where the part that went thru the various bushings fastened. On those a wave washer went between the flange and lever to control vibration. The flange pushed on one side and the lever on the other to compress the washer. A regular flat washer went next to the cotter key. If the 51 rods are similar and it is a fairly thin Belleville washer it probably goes in the same place. I doubt it really matters which side the curved washer is placed just as long as it contacts enough of a surface at the curved side to provide a slight tension to keep vibration under control once the cotter key is inserted.
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