Re: rear axle seal

Posted by JWL On 2011/5/4 10:56:23

walkerman, Shown below is a photo of a tool I made to measure the rear axle end play of my '47 Custom Clipper. I modeled it after the tool pictured in the service manual. I basically followed the procedure in the manual with my shop made tool. After securing the tool to the axle with the nut I pushed the axle shaft in as far as it would go and screwed in the screw until it was just up against the axle housing. I then locked it in place with the nuts. Then, I pulled out the axle shaft and measured the distance between the end of the screw and the axle housing with a feeler gauge. I repeated this until I was sure I was getting correct measurements. .004" - .007" of an inch is almost impossible to detect by feel. You need a feeler gauge or dial gauge as was suggested earlier. When reassembling the axles I thought I did not have any end play as I could not feel it. I ended up within spec using the same shims. I had shims on both sides.

The other smaller tool in the picture is one I made to turn the brake anchors to do a major brake adjustment.

Good luck.

(o{I}o)

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