Re: Mike's 53 Clipper

Posted by Tobs On 2013/7/29 9:03:13

Let's see what happened in the last 2 weeks? I had the timken axle bearings pressed on my axles in a shop here where they usually repair train axles and brakes, so packard parts were 'small' They heated the bearings to 130 degrees C, and then were able to slip them right on. In went the axles, and on went the freshly painted drum backing plates with self cut gaskets. Originally I had one spacer plate on the passenger side, and three plates on the driver side. This left the axle free play at too much (about 1,5 mm) I removed 2 plates from the driver side, and now have one plate on each side that brought the 'axial axle' free play into spec. Took a while to comprehend and adjust, but looks good now.
Also got the front steering together and sway bar installed. Next up is to finish the brakes and get this thing sitting on 4 wheels!
Here is one thing I noticed, the nut that holds the pitman arm onto the steering box is 1-7/16 -the same size as the pinion gear nut.

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