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20 Apr 2019 16:44 - 20 Apr 2019 16:45 #37036 by johnmereness
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I recall standing out in the green one evening at a Franklin meet where we were all looking at a front brake drum "expanding" on perhaps a 1932 Sedan upon application of the brakes (that would be a drum similar to a Cord L-29) - it was pretty interesting to watch too (they were found a new set of front drums). As a sidenote, the Franklin Club eventually did a run of replacement drums due to "unobtainable" of wire wheel drums and given parts supply of certain cars in the ACD Club I foresee we will be doing the same via an ACD club project/or individual project at some point in time.

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19 Apr 2019 03:40 - 19 Apr 2019 03:41 #37032 by mikespeed35
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I am a member of The Riviera owners Association and they have a ad. in their Mag. for aluminum brake drum relining. Don't know if they could reline cast iron drums. J&G relining www.jgrelining.com
CORDiallyMike

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17 Apr 2019 22:18 #37023 by rlwardne
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Interesting ideas coming up over there.

I spoke to wildwood at SEMA about disc brakes on my 851. They told me that that figuring it out would be between 15-25k. Beyond that it would
around the cost of a normal conversion kit . The disc maybe could be hidden inside the original drums.

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17 Apr 2019 13:37 #37020 by Curt Schulze
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The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
Be of Good Cheer
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17 Apr 2019 13:03 #37019 by 1748 S
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Terry I used to do this exact welding in the huge two football field size machine shop I worked in. When a damaged steam turbine bearing area needed rebuilding we could build up the bearing by continous welding a a rotating fixture. Because of the material we needed to keep the bearing area hot around 750 degrees F... That heat was done by huge propane tanks and burners we called weed burners. The welding machine was built by ARP. Fully adjustable welding speed and feed of wire off giant wire spools. Process was simple but setup was very difficult to get correct. It was TIG welding but the welding tip never moved


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17 Apr 2019 11:28 #37018 by Terry Cockerell
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I read in an engineering magazine a few years ago that brake drums could be built up successfully with continuous welding and then grinding back to size. I intended to save the article with the company name but missed out. I suspect that this process is commercially available and could be tracked down without much trouble.

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17 Apr 2019 06:06 #37017 by Curt Schulze
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I have 8 cyl fronts NO rears.
I have 6 cyl fronts and rears.
They all started out life with a 12" ID.
I would suggest posting this out in the general discussion board on the AACA site. This problem is not limited to ACD cars.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.
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16 Apr 2019 23:43 #37015 by George van Nostrand
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In Ontario Canada the legal oversize on drums was .060 " I saw one drum that separated as Pete has shown. A total failure !.

Restoring 1936 Cord Westchester sedan.2023 A

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16 Apr 2019 17:08 #37014 by pete kelly
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Make sure your drums are safe!
Dont pass up a useable drum.

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16 Apr 2019 14:57 #37013 by rlwardne
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Curt told me that their aren’t any new ones. So what’s everyone doing? Other than using up used ones?

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16 Apr 2019 14:50 #37012 by pete kelly
CHECK YOUR BRAKE DRUMS was created by pete kelly
Do a close inspection of your brake drums to prevent potential serious problems.
See the pics below of what can happen!
This drum was down to the thickness of a cheap business card.
And became totally separated under little more than normal braking.
Pete
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