Re: 51Packards....52 Packard 200 Deluxe!
Posted by Charles On 2016/6/6 18:53:51
6-6-16
I haven't made it to the hardware store yet to get larger cotter pins or a filler washer for the axle nut.
I crawled under the car and removed the rear brake lines. I have never been able to remove a brake line without bending/braking it but they came out of both wheel cylinders with no problem.
The junction block on the rear axle sure was a different story. I got lucky and was able to brake the bolt loose on the junction block under the loose "vent" (I guess that is what it is??). It took a lot of turning the rubber hose around itself but it finally came out. The drivers side came out of the junction block easily, but the passenger side did not. I rounded off the nut. Right now I have it soaking in PB Blaster. Hopefully that will help.
The Copper-Nickel brake line is awesome! I was able to bend it mostly to shape with just my hands and my first time at double flares worked great! At least they look the part. Don't know if they leak yet or not.
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I haven't made it to the hardware store yet to get larger cotter pins or a filler washer for the axle nut.
I crawled under the car and removed the rear brake lines. I have never been able to remove a brake line without bending/braking it but they came out of both wheel cylinders with no problem.
The junction block on the rear axle sure was a different story. I got lucky and was able to brake the bolt loose on the junction block under the loose "vent" (I guess that is what it is??). It took a lot of turning the rubber hose around itself but it finally came out. The drivers side came out of the junction block easily, but the passenger side did not. I rounded off the nut. Right now I have it soaking in PB Blaster. Hopefully that will help.
The Copper-Nickel brake line is awesome! I was able to bend it mostly to shape with just my hands and my first time at double flares worked great! At least they look the part. Don't know if they leak yet or not.
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