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Now that I've got the battery issue resolved, I've driven my 36 a bit. One thing I noticed at 40 mph and up, when I hit a bump, the steering wheel shakes. Put it up on my lift and I discovered that where the radius rod attaches to the brake baking plate, it's loose on both front wheels. I don't see in the 35/36 repair manual how to work on this. It looks like everything is riveted together. The other end wobbles also, so I'm guessing the bearings on that end are bad also. How do I tackle this?
Thanks
Ken
Forgot to add this photo.
Ken, Here is a picture of a paragraph in the 1934 repair manual. While I haven’t had a radius rod apart on my 34, it appears the rod is threaded on to the rod bracket and fits over a boss on the backing plate. There are replacement rods with good pictures on eBay. Hope this helps. Mike
The Radius Rod doesn't have bushings or bearings. Both ends are threaded and screw together like a nut and bolt. As the car bounces up and down the rod twists back and forth on the threads. If yours are loose they need to be replaced, they are not serviceable, other than keeping them greased up.
Mike B 🙂
I just greased them and they seem tighter, but I don't know for how long.
Thank you.
Ken
I just greased them and they seem tighter, but I don't know for how long.
Thank you.
Ken
That works for the first block or two until the grease is pushed back out.
Chevrolet had a Radius Rod made .003 under size to tighten thing up, that p/n is 604036. The standard rod is p/n 604033. Your backing plate flanges are p/n 475545. All of these can be found on the big auction site...
Mike B 🙂
@bowtiefan I think I have some NORS radius rods somewhere. I will never need them. If they are correct for your application I would sell them at a very reasonable price.
Mike
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Mike, I'm interested in your radius rods. PM me.
Ken
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