Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2014/9/10 20:49:31

It took a week for everything to come together but I got the short bars from the TL Compensator off. I used a combination of several techniques given here.

I removed the motor from the compensator so i could move the bars. I discovered that the drag link socket works great in the drill to turn the compensator. Found a adapter at HF that locked in to my drill and fits a 1/2 socket on the other end.

The 15/16 drag link socket was a hair to large for the caps on the bars. I cleaned those slots as best I could but had to grind off just a little on each side to get it to fit.

My 1/2" socket and the drag link socket together were so large that I could not move the bars outward to relieve the tension. My first attempt didn't go very well and both the caps barely moved. It was a horrible angle for holding the socket in place while trying to turn at the same time.

After discussing with a friend I cut a scrap piece of 2x4 into an L shape (shown below)and let it hold the wrench in place. I had to tighten the bars up a few times to make more room as the cap came out. Did the same thing on both sides and it worked pretty well.

I'll remove the whole compensator next time I get shop time.

Thanks for all the assistance.

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