Greetings all,

I have the rear brake drum off the 49 Custom 8...and, as I look in, I can see the timken bearings...without any obvious seal between those bearings and the brake drum, shoes, etc. Rear brakes were replaced by previous owner. Is there or should there be a seal of some sort to hold grease in to the bearing, and not allowing it in the brake drum...or does the back side of the brake drum magically hold the grease in the axle housing...any experience or photos will be appreciate. Thanks. Michael

Greetings, I do appreciate your response. The 48-50 shock is connected in a different design from yours...I do not know if you have seen/worked on that design...as I must do this alone, I need to be absolutely certain that when the eccentric cam comes out of the upper control arm, that the spring will stay put...and it is likely that to get that cam back in, I will have to raise or lower the whole assembly...so any further thoughts would be welcome...again, thanks for the time/help. Best, Michael

Greetings Jim,

Thank you for the response. I will look to see if I can find a set of spring compressors....somewhere. My thought, without experience to confirm, was/is that if the hydraulic floor jack is beneath the coil spring...that is should remain stable...if no weight is on that arm to which the shock is connected. Any thoughts on my thoughts would be welcome.
Thanks, Michael

Greetings All, Has anyone recently replaced the front, knee-action shocks on a 1948-49 Custom 8? I need advice on how to keep that coil spring in place once the shock is being taken away...any help will be much appreciated. Any general advice, thoughts about the whole procedure would be most welcome as well.Thanks Michael