Re: Tim's '55 Patrician
Posted by Tim Wile On 2011/9/22 0:17:59
Well, after a weekend camping with my Boy Scout Troop, I was ready to get back to work on the Patrician. I mentioned earlier that I finally had gotten the recalcitrant hubs off of the rear axle and now I'm confronted with another quandary.
Now that I've got everything ready to re-install with respect to the brake system, I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to remove the backplates from the axles, clean and repaint them before completing the brake work. On the one hand, I think it would be really nice to have those all cleaned up and freshly painted. On the other hand, I can see the ugly head of mission creep arising and it could be months before I get the Patrician off of those jackstands. Any comments or suggestions either way?
I've provided some photos of the rear axles with the offending hubs removed to show the condition of the back plates. There is also a portrait of one of offending hubs. I still don't see how one of my predecessor owners managed to separate the drum from the hub. That had to have been quite a struggle.
While I'm contemplating what to do with the backplates, my next task will probably be to install the new exhaust system. That should be a pretty straight-forward operation and I'm pretty sure that I've got all of the parts and tools to complete that job! (Yeah, famous last words, right?)
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Now that I've got everything ready to re-install with respect to the brake system, I'm thinking that it might be a good idea to remove the backplates from the axles, clean and repaint them before completing the brake work. On the one hand, I think it would be really nice to have those all cleaned up and freshly painted. On the other hand, I can see the ugly head of mission creep arising and it could be months before I get the Patrician off of those jackstands. Any comments or suggestions either way?
I've provided some photos of the rear axles with the offending hubs removed to show the condition of the back plates. There is also a portrait of one of offending hubs. I still don't see how one of my predecessor owners managed to separate the drum from the hub. That had to have been quite a struggle.
While I'm contemplating what to do with the backplates, my next task will probably be to install the new exhaust system. That should be a pretty straight-forward operation and I'm pretty sure that I've got all of the parts and tools to complete that job! (Yeah, famous last words, right?)
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