Some felts questions --- no, no, not THOSE felts - 08/22/18 12:19 AM
As I put my '32 chassis together, I have the replacement felts for the brake system, so that is not what this is about.
I see that the idler arms for the rear brake rods have what appear to be felts in them, but the idlers are riveted together. Is there an advantage to drilling them to separate and install new felts or just go ahead and oil the old ones up? Sure looks like a lot of work for little benefit to take them apart.
Secondly --- the felts in the spring shackles --- how thick should they be and how wide should they have to be cut? I assume that there should be no metal-to-metal contact between the pin and the pockets in the shackle arms. I also have figured out that the side with the oil fitting should have a hole in the felt to allow oil to get to the far side. I'm asking because when purchased, my car had all replacement shackles and I am going back all original. I have all 8 pins installed in the frame and spring eyes. That was an adventure in and of itself!
Thanks. Tom
I see that the idler arms for the rear brake rods have what appear to be felts in them, but the idlers are riveted together. Is there an advantage to drilling them to separate and install new felts or just go ahead and oil the old ones up? Sure looks like a lot of work for little benefit to take them apart.
Secondly --- the felts in the spring shackles --- how thick should they be and how wide should they have to be cut? I assume that there should be no metal-to-metal contact between the pin and the pockets in the shackle arms. I also have figured out that the side with the oil fitting should have a hole in the felt to allow oil to get to the far side. I'm asking because when purchased, my car had all replacement shackles and I am going back all original. I have all 8 pins installed in the frame and spring eyes. That was an adventure in and of itself!
Thanks. Tom