Gaige

Looks like that would definitely help with a lot of items with the pedals. Thanks for the idea

Ok. I have some good ideas now. I’ll just have to get back at it. Thanks

Thank all of for responding. These sound like great ideas. I thought maybe I was the only one bothered by the “bang”. Zip ties, heater hose, foam rubber. Also pushing the draft seals underneath. I will be trying one of theses soon.. I’ll see what miscellaneous inventory I have in the barn..

Thanks, I never thought (or my family) we would see it going down the road on its own. I tried to stay as original as I could. The paint was my grandsons idea. Brent, that sorta of looks like my draft seals. Thin flexible rubber that I couldn’t get to stay on the floor cutout. They fit so tight on the pedal arms that it just rides up and down. They are both on top of the floor, perhaps I should push them down under so they would be the bumper. (But I don’t believe as thin as they are would do much) JB. My thought as well is to put some kind of rubber on the pedal arms. Is the floor REALLY where they were designed to hit and stop?

So we have the BiD up and running short trips down the road. Upshifting is not too hard to get, but the downshifting double clutching will take more trips. Here is the question though. Is there some sort of bumper to stop the pedals from banging the floor pans? Or do we invent some rubber bumpers, or just “that’s the way it should be”. ? Has anyone else had this concern ?

Thanks, I looked them over, no oil, grease . Also the NAPA fellow looked the shoes over before smoothing up the drums. (Just a touch)

Thanks for replying back. We definitely packed the bearings ,inner then the outer. Installed them and tightened down the drum. I know it’s recommended to put all new seals and bearings in at this point, but I didn’t. Then l was lying in bed thinking about the inside bearing being loose inside the seal. I believe I’ve only seen bearings tight to the seals. All seems tight and spins smoothly without noise. My goal was to redo the brake wheel cylinders and (shoes if needed) they looked really good, it still had the remanufactured stamp on them. New wheel cylinders, brake lines,and master cylinder. ..and now on to filling the (master? Cylinder) with brake fluid. DOT3. Is that the right fluid. thanks again

So I know I’m 6 months after this post, but I’m now trying to put the back brakes back together on the B1D. On the inside of the brake drum the bearing just seams to rest up to the seal. Another words it will push in a little bit. Is that normal or should it be tight up against the seal. ? not the outside bearing, just the inside one. And yes my grandson and I wrestled these drums for 4 hours or more.

On a side note, I put it in three times. Probably only three ways to put it in and I bolted it together wrong twice. Of. Course, then I looked at the manual.

A picture of mine on a 48 after I installed it.

Thanks JB, the pictures help. I’ll be attempting it soon.

the spring I was talking about and the old clamp.

Thanks Dodge B4ya,. I’ll look For that hole.

Thanks fellows — the spring does look. Like it may be for abrasion protection. The old cable has the clamp on it..Good one about the P clamp. unrelated —- I’m also putting in my new windshield, but the inside trim around the window has staples in the edge of it. I’m told it had (welting) on it. Is it needed? Should I be concerned about finding some to put it back on?