Hi Everyone! I know it's been a while since I posted. I'd been so disproportionately preoccupied with my '53 Plymouth project that I let a lot of things slide, including putting off work on the Sprite. But, sometimes a little time away makes you appreciate things a bit more when you get back to them.
Throughout the last driving season, I had been having some issues with the brakes just not feeling quite right. I had put new drums on the rear of car last winter and just never quite had the adjustment dialed in right. I finally got around to addressing those issues. As I spun the wheel, what I thought all this time was the sound of the brake shoes hitting the drum was, in fact, coming from the hub assembly. I'm guessing I need new hub bearings. Reading the manuals, it seems like you can do this without removing the brakes. How difficult of a task is this? I'm wondering if I should just enjoy things now and fix it at the end of the 2021 driving season.
Throughout the last driving season, I had been having some issues with the brakes just not feeling quite right. I had put new drums on the rear of car last winter and just never quite had the adjustment dialed in right. I finally got around to addressing those issues. As I spun the wheel, what I thought all this time was the sound of the brake shoes hitting the drum was, in fact, coming from the hub assembly. I'm guessing I need new hub bearings. Reading the manuals, it seems like you can do this without removing the brakes. How difficult of a task is this? I'm wondering if I should just enjoy things now and fix it at the end of the 2021 driving season.