My cast drums have date codes on them.
Bob
1930 rear hubs
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
Was that hub cast in 1943 on May 15th or is there some secret code to the date? I will look on my hubs tonight and see if they have a date code. Thanks
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
I assume it is 1943, it is on my mail truck and they used them into the 50's.
Bob
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
I had a AA that was built in Jan. 1932 which had cast iron drums all around. It's the only AA with cast drums I have ever seen. That is the one I sold to "blgitn" and which is pictured when he posts here. Seems like there ought to be a mention of the change in the Service Bulletins. You would not want a steel drum on one side and a cast iron drum on the other side.
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
I tried two more heating cycles today and the hub did not come loose. I upgraded my gas and was able to get entire end of hub Red Hot! Still would not come loose. Sunday I am going to try one more time before cutting the hub off. My friend said I should heat everything red hot and then pour cold water on the hub to shrink it and make it pop off. Anyone done this before? I have two replacement hubs so I am not to worried about damage to the hub at this point.
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
Sure would love a video of that procedure!s147881 wrote:I tried two more heating cycles today and the hub did not come loose. I upgraded my gas and was able to get entire end of hub Red Hot! Still would not come loose. Sunday I am going to try one more time before cutting the hub off. My friend said I should heat everything red hot and then pour cold water on the hub to shrink it and make it pop off. Anyone done this before? I have two replacement hubs so I am not to worried about damage to the hub at this point.
Dave in Quincy, Ca. I love Pics!!!! Post them All!!!
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
s147181:
I was having a dickens of a time trying to unscrew the nuts on the U-bolts that hold the stakebed on an AA. A guy told me to get a torch and use it to heat the nuts until cherry red. He said to have a garden hose flowing and to be ready to immediately hit a cherry red nut with the water. I did so. The nuts spun off freely! I think it's worth a shot to try the procedure in your situation.
Good Luck!
-- Drew
I was having a dickens of a time trying to unscrew the nuts on the U-bolts that hold the stakebed on an AA. A guy told me to get a torch and use it to heat the nuts until cherry red. He said to have a garden hose flowing and to be ready to immediately hit a cherry red nut with the water. I did so. The nuts spun off freely! I think it's worth a shot to try the procedure in your situation.
Good Luck!
-- Drew
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
s147181
How about keeping / moving your posts on your hub removal back on to your original thread. That way in the future folks doing searches can follow the progress all the way through.
How about keeping / moving your posts on your hub removal back on to your original thread. That way in the future folks doing searches can follow the progress all the way through.
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Dave
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
Heating then quenching you hub will harden it and make it brittle. Don't do it.
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Re: 1930 rear hubs
Dave - thanks for the feed back - I got on wrong post by accident - thanks. I moved my post over and will be more careful in the future.