Re: [FWDLK] MORE INSIGHTS~ QUESTIONS ON WHATZIT WORTH

[eastern sierra Adj Services <esierraadj@xxxxxxxxx>]

..as far as "dumping" the tapered rear axle, just so that rear brake
service might be enhanced, the rear brake drum is actually a TWO-piece
affair, held together with pressed-in ("swaged") studs, which hold the
outer drum-section to the inner hub-section.

It is the hub-section that gets so tightly attached to the tapered
axle..

After someone uses a drum puller to remove the hub/drum assembly  from
the tapered axle, he can separate the 'drum' section from the central
hub-section, so that, after the axle bearings are serviced or replaced,
the hub and drum can be re-attached,  together, using round-section
studs instead of the square-sided "swaged" studs, which will permit  the
drum section literally to be able to fall-away from the hub section.....
(which will still need a drum puller to remove it from the
tapered-axle-end, when/should the AXLE  bearings ever-again need a
servicing, years/decades later)....so that servicing and adjusting the
rear brake shoes
can be as simple as servicing/adjusting the front brakes; VOILA! no rear
axle replacement necessary!



Neil Vedder


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• From: "Bill K." <pontiac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 00:26:31 -0400

Generally, guys who ditch the iron TF either round up the '62 aluminum case with the drum on it, or change the rearend out for a later one with provisions for a regular parking brake, and dump the tapered axle rear. That makes brake service a bunch easier, and generally the newer brakes are superior to the originals. Seems to me that setting up the trans case parking brake is somewhat of a pain and the parts aren't that easy to find, as well.

Trouble there is the bolt-in for the 60-62 cars is the 70-74 Cuda rearend - even the one-leggers with high gear ratios for those cars bring pretty good money. I'm not sure what works in the 55-56 and 57-59 cars, if there is a later model Mopar (or even Ford, blasphemy I know, but the wheel bolt pattern is the same) that's a direct bolt-in, or if you have to move the perches on the housing. (I'm sure one can be found that's the right width).

Bill K.

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Blank
OK guys, got some questions, especially for those who've done
later-model drivetrain conversions.

I have a cast-iron 57 torqueflite tranny, so can, say a 78 318, be =
bolted via
adapter, to the old torqueflite?

Or, an older 50's Hemi be bolted to a later t-flite? Are there adapters =
to use a pushbutton selector on a later t-flite?

How does one use the old drum E-brake if you use a later t-flite?

Thanks



Bill The Magnumguy

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