Posted by notjustair on April 09, 2017 at 20:29:54 from (184.191.48.136):
About a week ago I posted some pictures of the axle on the old chore truck. The keyway had wollered out to about double the size allowing the hub/drum to rock free about a quarter turn.
I got her back on the road today with a combination of the advice from several people. I ended up squaring up the wollered keyway and cleaning up the axle and hub. Then I measured the axle keyway every half inch with a micrometer. I cut a new key out of heavy steel and worked about three hours getting it to fit in the axle and stepping it to fit in the hub which was not worn as wide.
In the meantime I relined the brake shoes with new old stock linings (asbestos no doubt). Today I got it all back together. The old '35 will be ready for chores again. The tires are really starting to shred so I need to put six new ones on the shopping list. I think I've gotten the good out of them.
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