Recent content by Dave N.

This mite help someone , These are a copy drawings of the gauge plates for the Ammco brake arching machine The ruler is copied on the page so you can scale it correctly.

When you use that tool, do you need to adjust the diameter of the shoes to match the diameter of the drum to allow the centering tool to measure correctly. or Are measurements tested at different locations on both shoes to compare to each other to see if it is centered, with out...

Some info on floaters

On my car, the backing plate bolts threads were to short, not cut long enough down the bolt. They would not tighten up,( I needed about three threads ) some one add spacers to allow the nuts to move down the bolt to allow the nuts to be tighten up.

Does the Brake Shoes Roller Pin fit in the Brake shoe hole snug or should it be loose enough to rotate. This pin has the brake shoe rollers on it and the rollers spin but the pin will not rotate that goes threw the hole in the shoe. If the pin will not rotate, wont it ware a flat spot on...

My Horn button does the same to, I find that if i put my palm flat on the button and push down and turn my hand back and forth like a windshield wiper, it will work for a couple months . But i do need to remove it and get it good and clean.

I am rebuilding some front lever assemblies and want to know this measurement. I want to insure a snug fit when finished. The only king pins i have are already in my 31 tudor and i really do not want to take it apart for this measurement. Thanks

I can only offer my life lesson for my engine knock, but raise the distributor up from the new head about an 1/16 to 1/8 of an inch and than tighten it up again.

This is a shadow box frame i put some worn items in and a image of the finished 31 Tudor. I have this at my office wall.

Check to see how tight you radiator support rod nuts are, I had a noise like you have and i tighten them up and all is good.

Looking for some help on this, Should the actuating arm be a tight fit in the King Pin ball end or maybe a snug fit? Can it have any movement? How would you repair this play on the actuating arm end that fits in the King Pin ball? Thank you.

Were will the brake rollers start to apply the shoes on the wedge,A , B , C, D location. Just wondering.

Tom, is the out put stud the one that the cut out is connected to. Help me understand this , the generator is connected to the ground (+) and you will connect a jumper to the out put stud (-) ? So if the stud is connected to the ground(+) (+) plus a (+) equals zero? Thanks you .

So the taper on the axle and the taper on the hup is a dry fit only, no anti seize to help take it apart many years later?

If you bore the block and you still have a void in the cylinder wall ( a wrist piston put a heavy grove in the cylinder wall ) can a sleeve still be installed. Will the void behind the sleeve hold heat and damage the piston?