Author: Glider

I just got the e-brake fixed but driver side wouldn’t brake so I took of the drum & found it like this… & I can’t get the "plate thing" to sit in a way to stop the adjusting wheel to move, it just lays beside the wheel:

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My -56 N.Y. had got newer engine & trans before I bought it so I changed to newer rear axel for the need of e brake, but now I don’t know how to continue…
The cables from the axel & the cable from the pedal; how do I do it? Does anyone have o…

I’m planning to replace the master cylinder on my -56 NewYorker & I wonder if anyone knows if there’s some newer MoPar model that fits? I have one from a Volare laying somewhere, if that’s an option I’ll dig it out…
But what about the drum vs dis…

I’ve got hold on a 8,3/4 from some big Dodge so I could get emergency brake on my -56 Newyorker & I thought the -56 axel also is 8,3/4 but a guy said the 8,3/4 came for the -57 models… So what’s the -56 axel I’ve got???

My -56 Chrysler’s steering box is way gone when it comes to adjusting but I’ve been offerd one from a -55 Dodge to use the stuff inside, so I wonder if anyone here knows if the mechanics inside would fit?
This is the (cover broken) one from the -55 Dodge:

I wonder if someone who has a 63-64 Chrysler could tell me the messurements center-to-center for the spring perchers? I can’t find any numbers in any list of those years.

I’ve been looking at lists of dimentions of rear axels such as this one:

In this list the numbers looks more like metric but that don’t seem right at all…
& I don’t understand it when I look at my messure tape.