First, to all of you who gave me insight into the finishing of this project
a big THANK YOU!!!
The results: The final assembly of the new wire wheel hubs,brake
rotors,calipers,and wheel bearings on my 72B was completed after I read
all the postings to me which had lots of great and some different ideas on
the methods. A friend who worked for Pratt & Whitney aircraft had a very
sensitive dial gauge and I even gave that method a whirl. After shimming,
fitting,greasing and torquing the bearings, installing brake pads and
bleeding the system I do notice a slight rubbing of the new pads on the
brake rotors in a certain spot during a full revolution but I'm hoping that
once everything settles in during driving that it will disappear (am I being
too posetive?). After I mounted the new Dayton Wires on the car I have to
admit it looked SOOOOOOO much better than those old pieces of junk that they
replaced. Now I just have to wait for Spring when it comes out of the
garage to see if I really knew what I was doing!
Again many thanks,
Robert Zirpolo
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