Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2015/3/1 21:53:29
Its thawing out a little this weekend and I finally got some shop time.
I got the ham back in the axle housing. You can see I used the Grey High Torque RTV to seal it. Don't tell me I could have done something else to seal it because it's done now. I will replace the shafts soon. One of the shafts bearings I got from Max was wrong so I need to exchange it.
Also put the needle bearings back into one of the steering knuckle. The manual says to place them so that the trademark on the bearing is facing the spindle. I did one the wrong way but it's the one that moves freely with my fingers. The one that is in correctly does not move at all.
Also I noticed that the caps in the king pin set only have 1 grease fittings. The original caps have grease fitting on both ends. Is there a logical reason for that?
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I got the ham back in the axle housing. You can see I used the Grey High Torque RTV to seal it. Don't tell me I could have done something else to seal it because it's done now. I will replace the shafts soon. One of the shafts bearings I got from Max was wrong so I need to exchange it.
Also put the needle bearings back into one of the steering knuckle. The manual says to place them so that the trademark on the bearing is facing the spindle. I did one the wrong way but it's the one that moves freely with my fingers. The one that is in correctly does not move at all.
Also I noticed that the caps in the king pin set only have 1 grease fittings. The original caps have grease fitting on both ends. Is there a logical reason for that?
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