Re: Resurrecting a 1951 Henney-Packard Parts Car
Posted by Packard Don On 2023/11/14 23:15:34
Today I pulled the left axle to check the bearing and to install the inner seal which was made easy by a slide hammer adapter I had made decades ago for my 1951 and 1952 Henney-Packard hearses. It turned out to be what I was using a while back on my press for transmission seals! The same slide hammer with the three arms made it easy to extract the seal itself.
Both seals are now installed and the bearing packed. Although smelly from the intrusion of old gear oil, the bearing looked good and felt smooth.
What wasn’t easy and took a great deal of time was to attach the parking brake cable to the backing plate, something probably easier done before the back plate is attached! Keeping the retainer visible here, the heavy steel guide behind and the felt seal in alignment while inserting the screws is not easy with only two hands!
Although it took a lot longer than expected with the parking brake cable, I thought I would have time to start putting the brakes back together but I realized I hadn’t rebuilt the cylinders which I thought I had done long ago so I took the one for this side apart in preparation. it’s actually not in bad condition but still needs a rebuild.
I also can’t find the photos I took of all the spring locations which is totally different on a Henney-Packard than it is on a passenger car, possibly more akin to a 22nd series Custom Eight but even different than that. Saying that, it just occurred to me that I may have posted them way back in this blog so I’ll go back to take a look!
Way back here on the third post of this blog I had said that I rebuilt the rear cylinders so I guess that means that they are here somewhere if only I can find them!
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Both seals are now installed and the bearing packed. Although smelly from the intrusion of old gear oil, the bearing looked good and felt smooth.
What wasn’t easy and took a great deal of time was to attach the parking brake cable to the backing plate, something probably easier done before the back plate is attached! Keeping the retainer visible here, the heavy steel guide behind and the felt seal in alignment while inserting the screws is not easy with only two hands!
Although it took a lot longer than expected with the parking brake cable, I thought I would have time to start putting the brakes back together but I realized I hadn’t rebuilt the cylinders which I thought I had done long ago so I took the one for this side apart in preparation. it’s actually not in bad condition but still needs a rebuild.
I also can’t find the photos I took of all the spring locations which is totally different on a Henney-Packard than it is on a passenger car, possibly more akin to a 22nd series Custom Eight but even different than that. Saying that, it just occurred to me that I may have posted them way back in this blog so I’ll go back to take a look!
Way back here on the third post of this blog I had said that I rebuilt the rear cylinders so I guess that means that they are here somewhere if only I can find them!
Attach file:
15107703-FFFF-4E4A-BB9C-8A1799F80966.jpeg (385.32 KB)
96F5679F-DAAD-4D8D-A29F-809134393626.jpeg (286.14 KB)
DC7B84F5-D531-4BFE-9A4B-2B0699808E5C.jpeg (428.54 KB)
92FD8869-40A7-4BEC-AA2C-CF53DEF88EF6.jpeg (439.59 KB)
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