We don’t seem to be able to escape our problems with the fitment of the rear axle hubs and brake drums. A thorough accounting of the issues we faced were first documented in several videos included in an earlier post:https://valvechatter.com/?p=13569

We thought we had conquered the problems we had encountered with the hub rubbing the axle flange and with the brake drum rubbing against the brake backplate, but upon installing the road wheels and tires we discovered that all had not been corrected! 

The wheel on the left side of the car turned freely but on the right side we found that despite the hub nuts being tightened and torqued to 38 ft. lbs. as directed in the maintenance manual, the wheel and tire wobbled back and forth. It is a little hard to tell but it can be seen in the beginning of the Bugeye Restoration Video Episode Ninety-two. We then tried a pair of brand new Moss Classic Gold brake drums that we had on hand.

These allowed us to eliminate the wobble of the wheel on the axle, but the drums rubbed against the backplates just ever so slightly. All of this trial and error is shown in the Episode Ninety-two video. 

https://vimeo.com/1039806095/9a01552650?share=copy

We will now machine the edges of the drums and see if we can end up with a fully operational axle assembly. Stay tuned….