Re: KPack's 1954 Panama

Posted by kevinpackard On 2021/5/27 23:13:11

Had a guy come over last night to see what he thought about the squealing. He's far more familiar with old cars than I am. He thought bearing right off the bat.

We put the car on jack stands in the back, blocked the front wheels, then put the car in drive. Then, using the parking brake cables we were able to easily choose which wheel would spin. It is 100% coming from the driver's rear wheel.

We did a 3-4 mile drive and listened to the sound. Then back up on stands to check around. The axle housing over the axle bearing was not hot at all. Barely warm if at all. After that he wasn't sure what to think. No growling, no real roughness. Just squealing.

I took it out for a test drive tonight and initially there was no noise whatsoever for the first couple miles. Then it started up and got steadily louder. I'm kind of at a loss.

On the positive side, my turn signals magically started working tonight without any intervention from me. So that's good news. If only my fuel gauge would do that now.

-Kevin