Re: [Chrysler300] RE: Save the old drums

["Jerry Lindsay" <jerrylindsay.300h@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Went down to NAPA today as my water pump on my 62 Sport Coupe was leaking. I had taken one of my  one parts car that I had stripped some time ago, figuring I'd need a "core" replacement. He checked and there are only "new" ones available from NAPA now and he said to keep my old Pump which he said looked pretty good and said there is a company that rebuilts them. Also he said that old ones are worth keeping for that.

Now, NAPA has brake shoes, but "NO" wheel cylinders or kits "LISTED" Food for thought. I'm beginning to believe that I shouldn't throw anything away now.

Jerry Lindsay
Seminole, Fl 33772
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gary Nelson 
  To: skyhawk@xxxxxxxxx ; Warren Anderson ; bluesport62 ; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 2:24 PM
  Subject: [Chrysler300] RE: Save the old drums


    
  There is a process called "Metal Spraying". I do not see any reason it would not apply to drums. It is to specifically used to build up metal surfaces to recondition. If someone wants to do a Goggle on line search, there my be economics to do several at one time. I am not sure if turning would work, grinding would. Maybe one of you out there has experience with this process. 

  Thank you,
  Gary, the parts doc
  Reno, Nevada 89521 USA
  The Biggest Little City In The World
  Mail: garythepartsdoc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
  775 851-1420

  -----Original Message-----
  From: skyhawk@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:skyhawk@xxxxxxxxx]
  Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:11 AM
  To: Warren Anderson; bluesport62; Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Gary Nelson
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] rear drums

  You know, there was a time, back in the early 1950s, when welders who knew their stuff took worn brake drums (usually from large trucks), preheated them in a forge, then used a special rod and an electric welder to build up the surface. The drum was then carefully machined back to original tolerances, once again, by someone who knew what they were doing. I was about 6 years old when I spend one whole Saturday watching my Dad build up a set of truck drums for Tallent Transfer, a local long-haul trucking company. Tedious work, to be sure, but given the low quality of Chinese drums, perhaps it might be in vogue once again; assuming, of course, you can find anyone talented enough to do it.

  -----Original Message----- 
  From: Warren Anderson 
  Sent: Jun 14, 2010 10:37 PM 
  To: bluesport62 , Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Gary Nelson 
  Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] rear drums 

  Ask Bernbaum witch China they came from. There steel sucks. Gary

  Maybe so but "that's what's for dinner". When it says 'made in Mexico" maybe that's the good stuff now. 

  Warren Anderson

  Sedona,AZ.

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