It appears that it is time to tutor the dummy. I completed rebuilding my
1956 Dodge Powerflite transmission over the weekend. There were some
surprises when trying to connect my parking brake to the rear of the
transmission. I have two questions.
1. The parking brake hub attaches to the splined output shaft. The seal in
the transmission tail piece seals around the exterior side of the parking
brake hub flange. The interior side of the flange slides onto the splines
of the output shaft. The hub is retained by a stamped washer, lock washer
and a large nut. There is no seal to prevent transmission fluid from
leaking out along the splines and around the nut/washer stack-up. There is
no evidence of a gasket between the propeller shaft flange and the parking
brake hub. How do you seal the output shaft of the transmission?
2. The return spring for the parking brake is different than described in
my shop manual. The manual describes pins in the brake shoe and a spring
that captures the pins. My set-up has no pins, but the return spring
appears to have the pins incorporated into the spring design, however there
is no mechanical lock to keep the return spring from vibrating out of the
holes in the brake shoe. How is the return spring retained?
Ken Rimington
1956 Dodge Custom Royal
801-251-2546
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