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Rear wheel grease retainer
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:09 am
by dang.1922
Has anyone ever encountered this type of grease cap? I am assuming that it is an old accessory and not something currently manufactured. Dan
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Re: Rear wheel grease retainer
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 9:14 am
by DanTreace
Dan
That is an in the day retainer to keep grease off the rear brake shoes, mfg. by Dependable, they also made steel asbestos lined emergency brakes shoes.
Re: Rear wheel grease retainer
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 10:23 am
by dang.1922
Thank You Dan for the information, it seems to have worked and stayed on. Dan
Re: Rear wheel grease retainer
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 11:31 am
by Mark Gregush
I have one in a box someplace in parts storage.
Re: Rear wheel grease retainer
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2023 2:59 pm
by Craig Leach
I picked up some of that style thinking they could be rebuilt & used over & over again. Unfortuneatly all the ones I picked up are for late
axles & the ones I'm working on are early. My thought was they would not come loose like the Ford ones do. Then someone asked my if I
was putting the felt in between the cap & hub. Da I had never taken a rear end apart that had them. It makes sence to me thats why there
is a groove on the inside of the hub for it to fit in.
Craig.