[Chrysler300] Maintenance Philosophy

[Rich Barber <barber@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ron:

I understand your position, but am a long-time believer in and spent 
most of my career engineering and managing preventative maintenance of 
rotating equipment.

The decision to replace bearings was mine and was based on the car's and 
my age and a long period without maintenance or operation on the car.  
Was working on brakes anyway and am replacing all wheel cylinders and 
lines..  I would like to go to the salt flats with it some day, but do 
plan to drive it in the mountains and on CA freeways and don't feel the 
need or tolerance for breakdown of readily replaceable elements.

These actions also help set the car up for a long, reliable life for 
someone else after I am no longer able to take care of it.

Input so far on the shim question has one member cutting the shims from 
waxed cardboard and another having a stack of them at a remote 
location.  Still uncertain about the shim material--steel, brass, paper 
or?  Also that NAPA should have them.  Thanks for input so far, but 
could use additional info.

Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 C-300-This baby boomer's birthday is coming up 3/12/05- the big 
five-oh!   She got out of the hospital 3/17/55-St. Paddy's Day, 
according to Cousin Gil's microfilm.

Ron Stewart wrote:

>if mechanic is machinist he should fix . don't fix if  not broken. were
>parts worn out?   going to the the SALT FLATS?C300 RON
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Rich Barber" <barber@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: "Chrysler 300 list service" 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 2:30 PM
>Subject: [Chrysler300] Rear axle/brake shims
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>>My brake mechanic just called with a problem on my 1955 C300.  I had him
>>replace all wheel bearings front and rear on a proactive basis.  He
>>advises the rear axles are now about 0.030" too tight axially and is
>>looking for a source of precut shims to go between the backing plate and
>>rear axle mounting plate.  He has my manual, so I can't research or
>>describe this much better, but he indicates the fit is supposed to be
>>about 0.003"  loose.  The mechanic's background is a machinist and I
>>trust his measurements and observations.
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>>Any insights into the problem or source for the precut shim stock
>>greatly appreciated.  The mechanic and I were surprised at the apparent
>>shift in tolerance with replacement of the wheel bearings of the same
>>brand (Timken) and part number.  The bearings were press fit, he said.
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>>Thanks for any help, as always, and I'll stop agitating my friends in
>>the colder parts of the world with local weather conditions here.  I
>>remember how it felt to get weather news from the tropics during a
>>blizzard in Iowa.
>>
>>Rich Barber
>>Brentwood, CA (partly cloudy)
>>1955 C-300 (new shoes are tight)
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