Controller Shaft

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2013: Controller Shaft
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 04:08 pm:

I recently had to remove the controller shaft on my '13 for maintenance. Even though I installed a NOS pawl on the hand brake 50+ years ago, it finally wore out, even though when I use the hand brake I always lift the pawl off the quadrant to prevent wear. It has now been replaced with another NOS pawl. An often overlooked lubrication point for that shaft is a small hole located just over the controller shaft brackets on each side of the frame. These brackets have a square hole on the early cars up to around '25 that is stuffed with felt to retain the oil. The later T's have a round hole, with a smaller piece of felt, but the purpose remains the same. I pulled out the old felts from my controller shaft brackets, and replaced them with new felt, as I observed the old felt had gotten rather hard after 100 years. I cut some 1/8 felt to the appropriate size, and stacked them in place, leaving 1/8" at the top as a reservoir.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Charlie B actually in Toms River N.J. on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 04:30 pm:

I know where you're coming from Larry. I never gave it a thought until I pulled the cross shaft and found the oil holes in the frame/cross shaft mounting brackets. The felts were rock hard and it looked like there weren't even holes in the frame. When replacing the shaft I made 2 thin gaskets out of some old velimoid paper I had to fit on the bracket faces just to make sure the oil went where it was supposed to. I later used a paper hole punch to knock out 2 plugs in some old felt to recover the frame holes.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 04:47 pm:

Yep, the lube charts don't really show where those are, so a lot of folks miss them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 06:28 pm:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/377112.html?1374983789#MT


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jim Thode Chehalis Washington on Wednesday, November 27, 2013 - 06:39 pm:

It is shown in the lubrication chart but I bet a lot of folks don't pay any attention the the chart. Oil every 500 miles.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Larry Smith on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 09:11 am:

I just read Richards earlier post on the felts, and I can assure you, the information I posted above is correct. I rebuilt a '25 a few years ago, and it has the round felts.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Richard Eagle Ida Fls on Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 10:39 am:

No argument here. Thanks for the update.
Rich


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