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A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:31 pm
by vech
Adjusting the low band is not very convenient, unless you pull the floor out. I made this specifically for adjusting the band, from underneath the car, and I carry it with me in the car's tool kit. The photo pretty much shows it all, no need to go into any great detail about making it. I cut a socket off, and welded it to one end, for loosening the jam nut, the other end pattern of slots allows you to get the wrench on the flats of the adjuster pin no matter what position it is in.
Re: A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:43 pm
by Norman Kling
How do you keep the adjustment bolt in place as you tighten the nut? Seems as though it would hard to keep the exact adjustment without two handles on two wrenches.
Norm
Re: A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 12:50 pm
by vech
Oddly enough, I have never had the adjuster bolt move when I tighten the jam nut, on either one of my cars. If your threads are clean, and no one has over-tightened the jam nut an pulled the threads, it won't move. If yours wants to spin when turning the nut, have someone step down hard on the low speed pedal when you are tightening the the jam nut. That will help hold it still.
Re: A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 3:38 pm
by Norman Kling
I really haven't tried it without two wrenches, so what I posted is "what seems to me"
Norm
Re: A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2022 5:04 pm
by Been Here Before
Oddly enough, as a Model T is a carriage with out a horse to pull, they are similar to carriages that use a horse to pull.
And with that... carriage tools and Model T Ford tools bare similarities.... "Charles L Sheldon formed Sheldon & Company in 1865 to manufacture wagon and buggy axles. First located in Auburn New York, the company moved to Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1866 where it incorporated as the Sheldon Axle Company. Then, In 1886, the company reorganized as the Sheldon Axle Works. As market demand changed, springs for automobiles and wagons were added in 1900. To better reflect their business, the name changed to the Sheldon Axle & Spring Company in 1914. Brands names included “Easy Running” and “Easy Riding.”"
https://wrenchwiki.com/sheldon-axle-company/
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Re: A home made tool, you might want to fabricate
Posted: Sun Mar 13, 2022 1:29 pm
by Ed Fuller
Interesting idea.
It reminds me of one of my favorite period Model T tools. It is a transmission adjusting wrench made by Pep Manufacturing Co.
The large end fits the low band adjusting screw lock nut, and has a slot that fits the adjusting screw.
The other end has a ratcheting box end that fits the reverse and brake band nuts.
It even has a screwdriver tip on the end for removing the screws from the transmission cover door.