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I have a friend that does custom and hot rod metal work for a living. He told me to look into laser blasting as an alternative to all other forms...
I don’t come on here often anymore and I see it’s been a while since the original post, but I hope everything is going well Jeff.
Welcome to the HAMB, I'm in Fort Myers, Florida.
Does anyone have a lead on 52-54 outer wheel wells behind the 1/4 panels and trunk drops? I’m getting in to the metal and mine are rotted pretty bad.
I'm no expert but those gaps look nice and tight to me for these old cars.
Do you have pictures of what your gaps look like?
I bought the Wilwood disc conversion kit through Jamco last summer with the M/C. Since I am still doing the frame off and learning as I go, I...
Welcome to the group. That's a lot of nice looking cars.
It is a tough decision because it looks good with the tall black sidewalls, and it looks good with wide whites. I'd say wheel color and cap or...
The picture shows the page from the 52-54 manual and specific paragraphs that explain how to install the idler arm using the 19/32" +or- 3/64"...
Thank you nosford, I've been looking for a good quality set of ball joints. I bought some from Dennis Carpenter years ago but the rubber is...
This is a great thread, and I'm glad I found it through the search tab. Does anyone know how I measure the 19/32 that the 52-54 manual mentions...
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Evintho where did you get your axle bearings? I purchased mine from Rock Auto, but they were definitely wrong. I'm wiling to change things if a...
I just dealt with a similar issue. When mine was rebuilt the axle hub didn’t meat up with the drum hub even when the drum bottomed on the backing...
Come to the 52-59 Ford social forum and you will find tons of information and help. The main board has so much information you'll go blind looking...
I truly feel that if I had bought the US made bearings from MAC's and waited it would have been a different fitment all together but who knows....
To follow up on this, we took out the axles and they are both 27" from back of hub to the bevel and 27 1/8" to flat top of the splines. I'm still...
Very impressive work. I hope to have your skills one day.
The clamps from C&G are meant to be clamped down over the springs that' the only reason they look odd.
That would be great. I won't be able to get over to the shop until after 4pm EST. The shop is in the next town about 30mins away.
I haven't been able to make it over to the shop yet and see if the drivers side is different than the passenger side yet. I plan to stop by there...
Unfortunately a friend was helping when I took everything apart almost two years ago for the powder coat. He isn't the sort to slow down and take...
I am getting back on my '54 and just read through all your thread so far. It looks like things had moved decently well in the beginning. You're...
Thank you, I hope those measurements do help. I have to speak with Concours about the bearings and hopefully they will have one on had to give me...
Welcome to the group. There is a wealth of knowledge here that I tend to lean on for most things.
I didn't see that when I was looking through my text manual, but I tend to miss a lot of things in that manual. I tried the mercury bearing today...
No, he used the powder coated backing plate I gave him, and he didn't have the drum. I still had the drum in my garage from when I took everything...
Thats exactly what I have and for some reason it's not working correctly. I suspect that there is a race cup missing from the differential...
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