Re: KPack
Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/4/26 23:55:25
I called a couple truck shops in town (lots of semi's go through here) and none of them do shoe arcing. Oh well.
With the drums back on the car I can easily see that the driver's rear is warped. See the picture for the difference in gap. It makes it almost impossible to turn the rear axle....it is fine for a bit then grabs hard and makes it tough to spin.
An old car guy I know (has a dozen 20-30's cars....Ford's and Studebakers, plus dozens of early 1900's tractors) thinks we may be able to do some work with the warped drum to get it back to acceptable. He has all the machining tools if needed, but he thinks we might just be able to pound it out. I'm going to pull the drum and try to get with him this week.
In the meantime, 2 replacement wheels showed up from David Moe at Seattle Packards. I got right to work removing all the rust and old paint. Lots of fun. Once I got them cleaned up and down to bare metal, I neutralized any remaining surface rust, then painted the rear face and tire face into gloss black. The outward faces will all get painted the same as the body color. I picked up the paint for that today, as well as paint to redo some of the interior trim.
I should have the wheels painted this week, and tires should hopefully be showing up this week too. Maybe. If Diamondback Tires tells you 2.5-3.5 weeks, just go ahead and add another week or two onto it.
-Kevin
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Driver's rear drum warped.jpg (132.03 KB)
Replacement wheels.jpg (467.02 KB)
Rust removal.jpg (212.82 KB)
A full set.jpg (179.29 KB)
With the drums back on the car I can easily see that the driver's rear is warped. See the picture for the difference in gap. It makes it almost impossible to turn the rear axle....it is fine for a bit then grabs hard and makes it tough to spin.
An old car guy I know (has a dozen 20-30's cars....Ford's and Studebakers, plus dozens of early 1900's tractors) thinks we may be able to do some work with the warped drum to get it back to acceptable. He has all the machining tools if needed, but he thinks we might just be able to pound it out. I'm going to pull the drum and try to get with him this week.
In the meantime, 2 replacement wheels showed up from David Moe at Seattle Packards. I got right to work removing all the rust and old paint. Lots of fun. Once I got them cleaned up and down to bare metal, I neutralized any remaining surface rust, then painted the rear face and tire face into gloss black. The outward faces will all get painted the same as the body color. I picked up the paint for that today, as well as paint to redo some of the interior trim.
I should have the wheels painted this week, and tires should hopefully be showing up this week too. Maybe. If Diamondback Tires tells you 2.5-3.5 weeks, just go ahead and add another week or two onto it.
-Kevin
Attach file:
Driver's rear drum warped.jpg (132.03 KB) Replacement wheels.jpg (467.02 KB)
Rust removal.jpg (212.82 KB)
A full set.jpg (179.29 KB)
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