My first carrier: some assembly required

[super dave]

As I was blasting the wheels I noticed on just one of the wheels there was the C Broad arrow stamped on one of the spokes, Has anyone else seen the stamping on any of their wheels Anyhow the bearings are installed and wheels painted ready for assembly.

[kevin powles]

hi dave, I had the same issue with the righthand wing from john, had to weld it up, he knows about this problem because i told him, hope he turns out future ones with the correct hole alignment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.

I made up some of those steering rod covers, be careful on the left hand one as it runs pretty close to the cross tube and can foul on it if they are made a fraction oversize.

Nice to see someone else has gone for the the 50mm bearings, however i have seen pretty cheap 40mm ones recently.

nice restortation..................kevin.

[rob love]

Originally Posted by super dave

As I was blasting the wheels I noticed on just one of the wheels there was the C Broad arrow stamped on one of the spokes, Has anyone else seen the stamping on any of their wheels Anyhow the bearings are installed and wheels painted ready for assembly.

When I was first reassembling that carrier I had put on it a couple of NOS roadwheel. I seem to recall the C/i\ on them. Does the wheel with the marking appear very new? Perhaps just replacements were marked with the property marks. It would have been a lot of effort to mark every part on a vehicle otherwise.

[SDeMocko]

Looking great Dave!

Stephen DeMocko

[super dave]

Originally Posted by rob love

When I was first reassembling that carrier I had put on it a couple of NOS roadwheel. I seem to recall the C/i\ on them. Does the wheel with the marking appear very new? Perhaps just replacements were marked with the property marks. It would have been a lot of effort to mark every part on a vehicle otherwise.

No NOS wheels came with the carrier all the wheels I have are used and some worse than others, It would be nice to replace a few with nicer ones but I have not seen any spares out this way .

[Dave Schindel]

One of super dave's pics shows the springs that fit under the brake rods.Mine only had one left. What was their purpose?Anti-rattle?
Dave

[Lynn Eades]

Imagine going over bumps with those long rods only supported at the ends. Whats going to happen?.... Slap! Slap! Slap! That little bit of spring steel stops that happening.

[SDeMocko]

Hi Dave,

Your brake rod covers look great. So does the spring. I know I am showing my Carrier ignorance with this statement but...... I have never seen one of those springs before and didn’t know they were even under there. Is there anyway you could post a sketch with dimensions? I can’t be the only one that needs them. Thanks a lot!

Stephen DeMocko
So Cal, USA
’44 MKII

[super dave]

Originally Posted by SDeMocko

Hi Dave,

Your brake rod covers look great. So does the spring. I know I am showing my Carrier ignorance with this statement but...... I have never seen one of those springs before and didn’t know they were even under there. Is there anyway you could post a sketch with dimensions? I can’t be the only one that needs them. Thanks a lot!

Stephen DeMocko
So Cal, USA
’44 MKII

Here is a diagram I made, Hope this helps