My first carrier: some assembly required

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

If you find another carrier suspension frame, there is a good chance you can salvage some cups and a shaft. There is a fair bit of movement between the ball and the casting. The cups are held in with rivets. cut the end of the rivets off and punch the rivets back in through the cup. be carefull with them. I glued mine in with Araldite, but they havent been tested yet.

I removed the cups from the seized frame and will try to find some rivets to reinstall them. As for the shaft I have a couple more arms from the same unit but I am sure that they will all be in the same condition, Not greased since after the war

[RichardT10829]

those cups I believe contain asbestos so don't go snorting dust off them mind

[Lynn Eades]

Quite often the shafts are in good condition. With the rivets, there are short and long ones. You could shorten a long one down. I think they are copper, so shouldnt be too hard to form a head if you can get some material the right diameter.

[super dave]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Quite often the shafts are in good condition. With the rivets, there are short and long ones. You could shorten a long one down. I think they are copper, so shouldnt be too hard to form a head if you can get some material the right diameter.

I might try and take apart another suspension and see if that shaft may be any better than the last one, We will see. The rivet is a steel one that came out but a brass one may work as well, will let you know what I can find.

[super dave]

I managed to paint the tracks today as it was another great sunny day. I was not sure what to do with them at first as to paint them the same color as the carrier or the black, the black finally one me over and will give it a little contrast. I painted them as they were already sand blasted and wanted to kind of seal them up before they turned to rust once more. Now stored in the container to await the installation most likely in the spring.

[super dave]

I pulled apart my wiring conduit and connectors today as I have to replace all of the pipe as most of them are totally rusted away. everything was going great until i tried a piece of 1/2" pipe in one of the elbows to find out that it is too large of diameter . It looks like the original pipe is about .050 smaller than what today's pipe size is. does anyone know if it is a special size (BSF ??) as the thread size is also smaller than the regular pipe tap as well

[Lynn Eades]

I think its B.S.conduit thread. You might have to find an old plumber to find the dies. 5/8 is 18tpi and 3/4 is 16 tpi.

[RichardT10829]

Dave. there was a bit of discussion on paint..some disagree and some dont... i personally am going to paint mine in a diluted bitumen so they go black... Kevin has done this with his tracks....... anything you put on paintwise will be scrubbed off quite quickly.... i know John Bizal powder coated his black and they looked awesome.