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Post by Wongai on May 30, 2017 15:10:56 GMT -8
wow!! Buck Kinney!!first Canadian inducted into the NHRA hall of fame for lifetime achievement.for more than 45 years he set and broke many world records in drag racing. good old pitt meadows boy (where all my oats were sown)and my personal hero in my youth. actually inspected and passed the first car I ever restored at his shop in poco. every time I read or hear his name I smell racing fuel and burning rubber and remember standing at the starting line at mission raceway. That is cool. I wish I could have started building my knowledge back then also. Would have been pretty awesome to be a part of that scene for sure. Thanks for the pics Russ, thanks for the story Mitchy! B
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Post by Volktales on Jun 11, 2017 21:00:00 GMT -8
So more parts have arrived, so time to install them. Yesterday it was dealing with the brakes.
Both front and rear brakes were stripped down, shoes replaced, wheel cylinders replaced, and all flex hoses replaced. This was good as the rear flex hoses wear visually partially blocked. The master cylinder reservoir was removed, and the rubber grommet in the master cylinder was replaced, and the reservoir to master cylinder hose was replaced. I carefully flushed out the reservoir, master cylinder, and steel brake lines, before the wheel cylinders were replaced to avoid any contaminated brake fluid to enter the new parts. The system was bled with a hand-held vacuum bleeder. This seams to have worked well. Next up is to give the drums a clean and some paint. The front wheel bearings will be serviced, and the bad one replaced...
This picture shows the hard start relay that was installed earlier. In the past I have mounted this on the starter side of the transmission, right next to the starter. Peter's starter was slightly longer then others I have dealt with, and there was not enough room. I decided to put in on the driver's side instead, mounting to one of the transmission side plate studs. Again this was done to avoid drilling any non-original holes in this VW. No modifications were done in any way to fit this relay, and it works great. I also tweaked it to clear the nearby transmission fill plug as well. You can also see the new rear flex line installed in this picture...
These are the oil slingers that mount in the original rear brake drums. These direct any oil leakage from the rear axle seals away from the brake shoes and through a small hole in the edge of the brake drum. These were missing from my '64 Ghia, which is why I did the conversion to the later bearing caps... Tomorrow the drums go back on...
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Post by peter on Jun 12, 2017 21:08:49 GMT -8
Looking good. Great pictures and explanation.
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Post by Volktales on Jun 15, 2017 17:18:21 GMT -8
Drums are on, front end is greased up, oil has been drained from engine. Wait until you see what the strainer looks like...
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Post by beetleboy on Jun 15, 2017 17:46:42 GMT -8
the suspense is killing me
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Post by peter on Jun 15, 2017 20:33:51 GMT -8
Can not wait to see strainer. I never changed the oil, however I only put about 50 km on the beetle the whole time I owned it during the first two years.
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Post by peter on Jun 15, 2017 20:35:35 GMT -8
When do you need the wheels?
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Post by tony on Jun 15, 2017 21:23:36 GMT -8
Strainers are so exciting!!!
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Post by PICTUP on Jun 15, 2017 22:36:09 GMT -8
the suspense is killing me Careful that you don't strain something Franc Looking good Russ. The challenge will be to just address the important issues for Peter to safely get the Beetle down the road for the summer... the other nagging things you see, and I know you will see them like you did during the Shorty's stay, will have to wait until the weather turns cold(...er)
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Post by Volktales on Jun 16, 2017 7:13:07 GMT -8
Pictures should be up tonight...
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Post by stude on Jun 16, 2017 9:48:24 GMT -8
There is the deep seal not sure how the slingers fit hope you show it. T
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Post by Volktales on Jun 17, 2017 7:38:35 GMT -8
Got busy last night, so pics will be up tonight instead... Will be ready for those wheels soon, as well...
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Post by stude on Jun 17, 2017 11:34:19 GMT -8
I would get a squirt bottle mixed with wd and rust check and soak that thing just me thinking out loud. T
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Post by Volktales on Jun 17, 2017 21:07:41 GMT -8
Picture time...
For Terry, here is a shot of how the oil slingers are installed into the brake drum. Basically, if the rear axle seal leaks, the oil is trapped by the lip on the slinger, and then thrown out the drain hole once the wheel is rotating.
And here is the drain hole itself, drilled in the edge of the drum. And yes that leaking oil flinging around will make a nice mess of the backside of your wheel!
And here is that strainer as mentioned earlier. Looks yummy, doesn't it???
That "gelatinized" oil reminds me of opening a can of dog food where it maintains its shape once dumped out of the can! Or SPAM for that matter... Obviously this was well cleaned, and there were no chunkys hiding under the muck. Fortunately this is the lowest part of the motor, and the rest seemed OK. Engine contains 20W50 oil now...
Now onto adjusting the front wheel bearings. First up is you need the proper wrenches to do this. You can use a crescent wrench for the outer nut, but you need a thin 27MM wrench to hold the inner one from turning. The inner makes the bearing adjustment, the outer just locks it in place.
Like most bearings, you want to tighten the adjusting nut to just remove play, but not tighter. Using a screwdriver as shown, the washer in behind the nut should be able to move back and forth slightly without much effort. What makes this more tricky then usual, is the double nut design. When you tighten the outer locking nut, it puts added tension on the inner adjusting nut and throws your adjustment off. You actually have to leave the inner nut initially looser then normal, then tighten the outer locking nut and recheck if the washer moves freely. The later style single "pinch" nuts, do not have this added problem. Interestingly this issue came about while helping Don on his '65 shorty single cab. I had not run across this before as my cars use the conversion pinch nuts, and the double locking nuts are pretty much extinct among customer cars. Anyway something to keep in mind if you VW has this system...
And finally, don't forget to bend the lock tabs into place (one forward, and one backward). Install the grease cap, and put some semi gloss black on the drums and you are done.
And lastly today, remove the generator belt and clean that rust off the pulleys with some sandpaper. If you don't, the belt will wear out before your eyes... Going to polarize the generator before that belt goes back on...
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Post by beetleboy on Jun 18, 2017 8:37:57 GMT -8
this is an awesome read russ! ty so much. I m about to change my front wheel bearings and convert back to stock spindles. are you going to or have you already switched out the rear drums? KEEP IT GOING BRO!
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