Nice work. I like how you have the rear assembly detailed. Love seeing the red oxide jackpot. Pontiac also used that color on the 9.3" rears from 57-64. Ever think about installing self adjusters on the rear brakes? I used to think they would cause excessive brake wear and now after all these years, they hang up more after a few years with no maintenance. I have never experienced one over adjusting and making the friction material drag on the drum. If interested, I believe you can just use later year Chevy hardware. It would be an extra expense though. When replacing a master cylinder, check the size of the piston and if you get a dual cylinder of the same size, it will perform as good as the original.
I don't even want to think about adjusters...I wanna drive! Good tip on the master cylinder. The details are fuzzy, but I did a lot of reading to end up deciding on the master cylinder that I did. It's a drum/drum manual master with I believe the same size piston. I appreciate the thoughtful comment.
It was great to see you post another video! With your move happening, I wasn't expecting it, moving truly sucks, so thanks for getting us an update on the 56, love everything you do, its like I'm watching myself in the garage, except you know what you're doing 😅, take care bud, God bless and keep on being YOU! We love you man!
I do remember in an earlier video when you were working on the 56 brakes that the backing plate was damaged, I should have packaged one up and sent it to you. But I see you got this. Good to see you back and hope is going well...
I never met a stew that wasn't forgettable, so, go ahead and forget him. Part of the Charm of your channel is you put yourself out there warts and all: little in the way of stylized attempts to hide reality which highlights your positive traits and makes great video. The challenges you face in moving a fleet and in parenting as you do this work are immense and everyone here with the possible exception of one person who is too busy stewing to see that, are behind you. Keep on keeping on!
Hey Richard, nice to see you back. You and your daughter are in my prayers daily. Just a thought, you could test the brake drums with out the wheels by putting the lugnuts on backwards. Good luck with your move.
Damn near spit my coffee out when you said " This is why people throw everything away when starting a project car " LMAO, SO TRUE. But that also takes MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
Got to get all the important stuff working right or it won't be fun when you go for your first drive . Keep up the hard work , you'll get there sooner or later .
43:03 your rotation right here clearly shows your gap issue is related to the hub and drum. Review the video to see. Possible causes are hub face not square to centerline of the spindle, hub face irregular, cocked inner bearing race, irregular bearings, bent spindle. Swap hub and drm assemblies from side to side on the car to see if problem moves with the assembly: if not then issue is spindle.
Back then is when they actually made backing plates worth a damn, now they rust away in under 10 years in the salt belt. I would get the grinder out & grind it till it cleared the drum. Did you ever watch DD Speed Shop ? He does a hell of alot of work on these cars & gets shit done for basically a 1 man guy. He doesn't piss around just goes for it, some people say he's a hack but he gets it done, that's the bottom line. As far as Freeman going on & on & on he's not been in this world that long & will eventually find his groove on how other popular channels do it. He's a single father from what I gather, that in itself say's something about the man. I don't have a Ytube channel & have no idea how to do it if I even wanted to. So I can't criticize anybody that does. I can suggest some tips about it because of watching other well known channels or by experience fixing cars but that's about it. Thanks Freeman, I enjoy your channel it takes my mind off my personal problems in life for awhile. I hope everything works out for you & your daughter. Good luck on your move to another state, I can't imagine doing that but some people really have no choice, I know all to well about that. Henry from N.E. PA.
Yes, I've watched DD. One thing about DD is no one can say he's lazy. That's for darn sure. One of the reasons I make these videos is to take people's minds off of personal problems for a while. I appreciate the kind words & well wishes. We're all just living day by day.
I"M 20 minutes into the video. Sorry I cannot continue to watch. you just go on and on and on to much about nothing. Just fix the axle already so the drum will fit. Sorry but I can not continue watching.
I get what your saying Stew, can you make a vid. on how you would do it ? He will learn eventually on how to edit his content & not dwell on things so long. Ya just grind the damn thing already & be done with it, I get it but I also don't have a Ytube channel so ? or tried restoring an old car. Don't be Sorry Stew but it was nice of you to say that though, he will find his way eventually, then maybe you'll be back ? For me I'll stick around & watch him grow his channel like his other 5,000 plus subscribers. You might like DD Speed Shop he might be a better suit for you ?
I agree with you. It comes down to choices in production. I can show you what's really happening, or I can make a month of wrenching appear to have taken me 20 minutes. Some folks come for the car, some come for the personality, some come for both. I'm working my way into a better balance. Comments such as yours are valuable & can help guide the ship from time to time. I appreciate you taking the time to do that.
Where this project car began ua-cam.com/video/742TuYVh10Q/v-deo.html
Richard greetings from up north - what a surprise to see you today, welcome back . Hope the move went well
Debacle on the move. It's a waiting game right now.
Nice video, there's something about fixing things and making them run again that just lifts my spirits
Thanks. I know what you mean.
Love your channel! You make me feel better about the trials and tribulations I go through, I am not alone. Hahahaha
That's awesome! I appreciate you hangin' out.
Nice work. I like how you have the rear assembly detailed. Love seeing the red oxide jackpot. Pontiac also used that color on the 9.3" rears from 57-64. Ever think about installing self adjusters on the rear brakes? I used to think they would cause excessive brake wear and now after all these years, they hang up more after a few years with no maintenance. I have never experienced one over adjusting and making the friction material drag on the drum. If interested, I believe you can just use later year Chevy hardware. It would be an extra expense though. When replacing a master cylinder, check the size of the piston and if you get a dual cylinder of the same size, it will perform as good as the original.
I don't even want to think about adjusters...I wanna drive!
Good tip on the master cylinder. The details are fuzzy, but I did a lot of reading to end up deciding on the master cylinder that I did. It's a drum/drum manual master with I believe the same size piston.
I appreciate the thoughtful comment.
It was great to see you post another video! With your move happening, I wasn't expecting it, moving truly sucks, so thanks for getting us an update on the 56, love everything you do, its like I'm watching myself in the garage, except you know what you're doing 😅, take care bud, God bless and keep on being YOU! We love you man!
I appreciate every word. Thank you. There are more videos coming.
Hello freeman love that you take the time and care to make it right remember any body can do it with tools thank you ken
I try. I appreciate you watching as always.
I do remember in an earlier video when you were working on the 56 brakes that the backing plate was damaged, I should have packaged one up and sent it to you. But I see you got this. Good to see you back and hope is going well...
Yes, I did something to that backing plate earlier. What it was I'm not sure. You're too kind. Everything is going well. Thank you.
Keep at the channel man, it’s great content!
Thanks, will do!
I never met a stew that wasn't forgettable, so, go ahead and forget him. Part of the Charm of your channel is you put yourself out there warts and all: little in the way of stylized attempts to hide reality which highlights your positive traits and makes great video. The challenges you face in moving a fleet and in parenting as you do this work are immense and everyone here with the possible exception of one person who is too busy stewing to see that, are behind you. Keep on keeping on!
Hey Richard, nice to see you back. You and your daughter are in my prayers daily. Just a thought, you could test the brake drums with out the wheels by putting the lugnuts on backwards. Good luck with your move.
That's a good idea. I appreciate the prayers & the kind words.
Check the clearance between the rim and top ball joint, some rims will start digging into it, I had to use a flat top ball joint because of it.
Good call. I will check that.
Damn near spit my coffee out when you said " This is why people throw everything away when starting a project car " LMAO, SO TRUE. But that also takes MONEY, MONEY, MONEY.
A little too much money.
Got to get all the important stuff working right or it won't be fun when you go for your first drive . Keep up the hard work , you'll get there sooner or later .
Good point. I'm working on it.
looks like the drum you were straitening on the press was in need of turning or replacing the grooves were pretty deep. John
Yeah they're about done. I have to test them out first.
43:03 your rotation right here clearly shows your gap issue is related to the hub and drum. Review the video to see. Possible causes are hub face not square to centerline of the spindle, hub face irregular, cocked inner bearing race, irregular bearings, bent spindle. Swap hub and drm assemblies from side to side on the car to see if problem moves with the assembly: if not then issue is spindle.
Y not remover finders when you worked on front brakes 😂
That's a great question.
Back then is when they actually made backing plates worth a damn, now they rust away in under 10 years in the salt belt. I would get the grinder out & grind it till it cleared the drum.
Did you ever watch DD Speed Shop ? He does a hell of alot of work on these cars & gets shit done for basically a 1 man guy. He doesn't piss around just goes for it, some people say he's a hack but he gets it done, that's the bottom line.
As far as Freeman going on & on & on he's not been in this world that long & will eventually find his groove on how other popular channels do it. He's a single father from what I gather, that in itself say's something about the man.
I don't have a Ytube channel & have no idea how to do it if I even wanted to. So I can't criticize anybody that does. I can suggest some tips about it because of watching other well known channels or by experience fixing cars but that's about it.
Thanks Freeman, I enjoy your channel it takes my mind off my personal problems in life for awhile. I hope everything works out for you & your daughter. Good luck on your move to another state, I can't imagine doing that but some people really have no choice, I know all to well about that.
Henry from N.E. PA.
Yes, I've watched DD. One thing about DD is no one can say he's lazy. That's for darn sure.
One of the reasons I make these videos is to take people's minds off of personal problems for a while. I appreciate the kind words & well wishes. We're all just living day by day.
I"M 20 minutes into the video. Sorry I cannot continue to watch. you just go on and on and on to much about nothing. Just fix the axle already so the drum will fit. Sorry but I can not continue watching.
I get what your saying Stew, can you make a vid. on how you would do it ? He will learn eventually on how to edit his content & not dwell on things so long. Ya just grind the damn thing already & be done with it, I get it but I also don't have a Ytube channel so ? or tried restoring an old car.
Don't be Sorry Stew but it was nice of you to say that though, he will find his way eventually, then maybe you'll be back ? For me I'll stick around & watch him grow his channel like his other 5,000 plus subscribers.
You might like DD Speed Shop he might be a better suit for you ?
I agree with you.
It comes down to choices in production.
I can show you what's really happening, or I can make a month of wrenching appear to have taken me 20 minutes.
Some folks come for the car, some come for the personality, some come for both.
I'm working my way into a better balance. Comments such as yours are valuable & can help guide the ship from time to time. I appreciate you taking the time to do that.
It's such a funny thing because the faster I get things done the faster I run out of money. I am working on a tri five Chevy after all.