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Never-mind!! Sometime you just need to walk away and come back. Pulled the sleeve out again and started pushing on the felt washer with a thick flat head screw driver. i realized that there was a lip that it needed to be inside of. Rookie mistake I guess. So far so good. The grease hole lines up per...

Mark / All, I had a blimp in the Doodlebug project and the axle seals have been sitting on the shelf since late November. I finally had some time this morning to start working on it again. Everything was going smooth until I tried to put the sleeve back in after replacing the inner seal. It seems th...

Mark, I will be ordering based on your previous post. I’ll be getting the new cap, washer and felt for the outer bearing seal. I plan to cut notches and hose clamp as you suggested. I’ll try contacting Tom again for the felt for the felt seal inside the cup. I’m sure they are less $$ than the modern...

Thanks, I was able to pull the roller bearing out with an old coat hanger. I was thinking it would be more difficult. I’ll place an order for the sleeve puller and washers since the outer felt pad was up against the roller bearing.

Thanks for the info! I don’t even know where to start looking to get the brake shoes lined. Great to know that it’s an option so I’ll start Asking/ calling around. I’m having a heck of a time pulling the right wheel even with the tool. Been beating on the pulling tool pretty hard to the point that i...

Update. Have everything off and cleaned up. Question about the pads and seals remain.

Thanks!

I have a few questions after I pulled the Left rear wheel off my Doodlebug with a Model TT rear. It looks like a grease bomb went off and coated everything. The one pad was balled up in a grease covered wad and the other is pulling up from the shoe. I’m sure the other side looks exactly the same... ...

Thanks for the information and taking the time to reply!

Thanks for the reply. Someone told me that most oils today are better than those back then. I had read that worm gears can cause more friction so I wanted to make sure I don’t do it any harm. I tried searching the forums but couldn’t find anything but since I just joined maybe I wasn’t looking in th...

Hi, I recently got my dads 1928 Chevy Doodlebug running/ driving after years of sitting. After some research I’ve come to find out that the rear axle is from a Ford Model TT. This was apparently pretty common in the tractor conversions due to the gear reduction. I can’t seem to find what type of mod...