1955 m 37 cannadian build, lots of restoration pictures

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Apr 14, 2010 3:08 pm

today i took it easy, my back was sore from yesterday, so i finished painting the frame, and took the rear axle appart, the brakes where seized solid, and who ever got the gear setted had the pinion to close to the ring gear, i will have to check my other axle and see if i can have a better set, but that's allrigth i love setting gears, i also discovered that the axle bearing retaining nut had eigth side instead of six so my regular 2 1/2 inch socket did not fit so i had to fabricate one. I also made a rack to hold the parts at my heigth when working on them.

any how here are the pics of the day , enjoy!!!

frame painted

socket i had to make, the plasma made the job so much easyer

axle appart and the table/rack i made

other parts of the rear axle and suspension

pinion gear worn way to deep for my taste

Master Yota · Post by **Master Yota** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:18 am

Looking good Paul!

paul · Post by **paul** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:22 am

well friday, yesterday and today i got some parts sandblasted, i got the box of the 55 and some stuff and junk that was laying around home, and today i got the 52 home, it was a hell of a day, it did not want to get on the trailler then i decided to get off the trailer sideway , any how it is parked in the back yard now,
now i have to decide wich box will be used and wich body part i will use for my restoration and wath i will sell , i discovered i have 2 set of troop seat minus the little end that goes to the spare so one set of troop seat will be for sale

anyway ,here are the pics, enjoy

these are pics of the box from the 55

paul · Post by **paul** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:29 am

more picture of the box

the spare troop seat and some part of the bow

and now for some pics of the 52

paul · Post by **paul** » Sun Apr 18, 2010 10:34 am

and more of the 52

nasty interior!

theres the rest of the seat , some critter made a bed with it!

strange grill ?

engine has been robed from some parts

transfert case missing

paul · Post by **paul** » Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:53 pm

well today i fixed a rim and painted most of the stuff that was sandblasted friday, i forgot to paint the bumperette, lond day, my nose is full of primer...lol

here are the pics enjoy

started with a bunch of sandblasted parts

cleaned up some more parts , for some reason a lot of part have this red color on them, migth be some king of factory color for parts , i dont know

one of the rim had some rust issue around the valve and was thin around the valve....

so i cut the rust and thin part out...

cutted and rounded a patch (thanks plasma again) and welded it up,

then i primed a lot, i even wasted about 1/4 of a quart of etching primer on my pant when i knocked the cup of the gun, darn it that was expensive for nothing , i was more carefull after....lol

and then i had a bunch of nicely etched parts ready for paint tomorow if it is nice out

once the gun was clean i noticed i forgot the bumperettes , ill get them with the front bumper tomorow

i also discovered the bushing from the leaf hanger where toasted, so i will replace them with new one before assembly and i had to grind the thing that goes on the pad on the rear of the ring gear , i will look for a good one in the other axle

now it is time to relax....until tomorow

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:43 pm

been busy lately seling my daily driver and shoping for a new older one, then i sold the 54 and the 53 , so it was quite the running around, and the weather was kind of crappy , but i still managed to get some stuff done, i took the box off the 52 and salvaged wath i wanted under and in it , and then i started stripping axles to get to some decent gears, the first set i took out of the 55 was a bit slim at one point but not as bad as the set i took out of the rear of the 52, the pinion is almost paper thin , i looked in the setting intruction in my shop manual and all they talked about was bering preload and no mention of any pinion depth or gear mesh partern, i then understood why my gear where in such poor state lol, then i took the shaft out of the front axle the joint are an interesting concept compare to a u-joint kind of a constant velocity birfield, then i got the gear out and finally i had a decent set even if the pinon was set a little far from the crown and there was 30 thousand of back lash in the set, so i took all the best part appart and cleaned them, the carrier is a pain to take appart but i am happy i did because i had a trust washer that was fubared,

also my girlfriend sanded down some spot where some sticker had been painted , if you can identifie the unit or sticker let me know

anyhow here are all the pics! enjoy!

unknown sticker, on the door

we also found all sort of paper work in the dash from dnd and the rangers

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:54 pm

more pics!
salvaged the rear bump stop and the shock mount of the 52

savaged the gas tank of the 52

salvaged the tail ligth and bracket of the 52

the paper thin pinion that was in the rear end of the 52

front shaft and joint view

front gear out of the 52 seted a little far but in good shape, they had 30 tou of backlash

the rest of the trust washer behind the spider gear ,show you do have to take everything appart and check everything to do a good job

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:01 pm

and for the final picture of the day! all the part that will go back togheter tomorow in the third member, all cleaned and ready to go! reassembly begin tomorow yes!

paul

paul · Post by **paul** » Thu Apr 29, 2010 2:12 pm

well today i got the reasembly started and at the end of this day i have one third member ready to go in the rear axle, the army did not shim their pinion but mine is shimed and my axle should be less noisy then one that hasn't been shimed, i also got some tire for the project, i wil have to try them on my bud rim as they seem a bit wide, they are 325/85R16, 38 incher!!!

any how here are the pics of the day, enjoy!

my new to me war tires

they are still in good shape

this is the patern i ended up with with the axle setted the way the army instruction said to set the gears up, i found that the pinion was a bit far from the crown

so i shimed the pinion bering 0.030,i used some shim i had left from a maser install kit from a rubi dana 44 and a dana 35 or 30, i put them here

and here

and i ended up with a more centered patern, its not perfect but much better

and now i have a ready to install third member with improved gear partern

paul · Post by **paul** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 3:23 pm

well today i took both pionneer rack off and decided wich one i am going to keep and wich one is going for sale, then i started tearing the front axle apart to clean it and paint it so when i mixe my olive drab i use all the paint i mix, then i had to quit to bring the kid down to my ex wife....

here are the pics, enjoy!

pioneer rack i am going to sell

more pictures of the funny front joint

front axle appart partially

and the way i left it at quiting time

and them parts on the bench

paul · Post by **paul** » Sat May 01, 2010 6:23 pm

well today the 53 got going to its new home, and one of the rear axle got in my yard, one of the shaft in it was twisted but the gear where in good shape, also on the twisted shaft all off the wheel stud are bent, so that side did take a heavy hit, then i finished taking the front axle appart , striped it and found some marking on it, a serie of number 12-20-51 dont know what they mean but hey , they are in a strange place behind the front axle looking at the rear one, then i got all of the paint off the housing , i just need to sand blast a few spot and she will be ready for primer

here are the pics enjoy!

twisted axle

markings

third member i started taking appart

and a almost clean housng almost ready for paint!

paul

paul · Post by **paul** » Tue May 04, 2010 1:30 pm

today i got a few leaf spring derusted and i got the front axle and the bumperette and some leaf etched not much progress frigin on details

the olive drab is getting closer!

rixm37 · Post by **rixm37** » Wed May 05, 2010 7:04 am

Paul are doing a great job. I like following your pictures as you go. Thanks for posting them.

paul · Post by **paul** » Wed May 05, 2010 1:00 pm

the work of the day consisted of painting part of the rims and the axle housing and fidling with detail while the paint was drying not much to show , the paint turn out a great color that look pretty close to the original color

any how here are the pics of the day

leaf spring all ready for prime

got 4 rims painted

the axle housing painted

and ran out of paint and i did not want to mix an other batch since i could not use it all

paul