Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400
Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2015/5/10 20:21:24
Only had a little time to sand blast some parts today.
This is what I did yesterday to re-seat the left side load arm. First I wired the right side load arm to the stirrup as Craig suggested. Then I tried re-seating the left side using just a jack and no chain.
The result was similar to earlier in the week. As the frame went up the support arm stayed in place causing the load arm to try to slip out. The difference this time was that the wire held the stirrup in place. Unfortunately, I chickened out.
Even though the two parts stayed together the load arm still slid up the length of the stirrup. So it did come unseated the two parts just did not pull away from each other. I was afraid of all that pressure on the wire hanger so I backed off.
So, I took a couple orange straps off my truck and wrapped them around the axle and the frame as seen below. When tightened the straps it allows the axle/support arms and the frame to raise as one when I used the jack.
Then I went ahead and put the chain back around the frame as before and jacked the load arms up. This time the whole thing went up thanks to the straps. The right side load arm was safe thanks to the wire and I had the left side re-seated in about 2 minutes.
Lastly I hung the remaining hangers next to my tool box in case Craig has anything for me in the future.
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This is what I did yesterday to re-seat the left side load arm. First I wired the right side load arm to the stirrup as Craig suggested. Then I tried re-seating the left side using just a jack and no chain.
The result was similar to earlier in the week. As the frame went up the support arm stayed in place causing the load arm to try to slip out. The difference this time was that the wire held the stirrup in place. Unfortunately, I chickened out.
Even though the two parts stayed together the load arm still slid up the length of the stirrup. So it did come unseated the two parts just did not pull away from each other. I was afraid of all that pressure on the wire hanger so I backed off.
So, I took a couple orange straps off my truck and wrapped them around the axle and the frame as seen below. When tightened the straps it allows the axle/support arms and the frame to raise as one when I used the jack.
Then I went ahead and put the chain back around the frame as before and jacked the load arms up. This time the whole thing went up thanks to the straps. The right side load arm was safe thanks to the wire and I had the left side re-seated in about 2 minutes.
Lastly I hung the remaining hangers next to my tool box in case Craig has anything for me in the future.
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