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A bunch of aerosol cans of cheap oven cleaner and a power washer is how i do it.
A hot day will make the cleaner work better.
Get some gloves goggles mask and old clothes because you are going to have that crud all over you.
If i could find the measurements for the hub machining needed and the ears or arms ,brackets whatever you call them.
My buddy and i would knock two sets out real quick.
One set for each of us.
Well slap me silly and call me suprised.
The bone stock brakes will after careful adjustment .
Skid all 4 tires.
Takes some leg strength but
Those brakes work fine.
My drums have never been turned and the previous owner installed new master and wheel cylinders.
I used swimming pool acid.
The name escapes me right now.
And baking soda to neutralize.
As far as disposal i diluted the acid with so much water it didnt even hurt the grass in my backyard.
Gloves goggles long sleeves and i had a fan to blow the fumes away from me.
DON'T breathe that stuff!
I sure hope helitool/uglytruckling still sell the disc brakes conversion kits and I noticed that the the cut off date for the kits is 1964.
I have a 65 m43b1.
I sent ray an email but i think he lives in Thailand now.
Fingers crossed.
I have read on antique motorcycle forums that they use oil of wintergreen and alcohol to restore old rubber items.
The alcohol opens up the rubber so that the oil can get in.
Apparently they use it on impossible to replace spark plug boots and stuff like that.
I have a really cool military gas...
pulled the transmission and transfer case to clean them up and replace all seals with modern double lipped ones as well as kwik sleeves every where.
lucas 50w synthetic
bearings look good
it turned out to say june 74 np435 on it