wrmyers35 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I bought this Franklin in May 2014, significantly disassembled, needing #5 cylinder replaced & needing to be painted & reassembled!I do my own mechanical work, and I'm in the process of reassembling it but I am mainly familiar with Model A Fords . . .this is my first experience with a Franklin.As shown in the picture I'm progressing nicely, but when I checked the free wheeling unit on the transmission I found it empty.I filled it to the proper level and it is now leaking badly onto my garage floor ~ (I guess why it was empty!)Messages from Jeff Hasslen & Tom Rassmussen suggest that I have to have some machine work done to make a modern seal fit.Does anyone have any experience doing this?I've made pretty good headway with it, but concerned that I've never worked on a free wheeling unit.How about a step-by-step instruction on how to remove the free wheeling unit?Would anyone help me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odat Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 i have a few apart but have not put them together. they are just splined onto the transmission. Take the bolts out and pull.this is the second request this month so I will try to see how we will put seals in. I am also in the process of restoring a 32 sedan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Povertycove Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]282089[/ATTACH]Beautiful car! I love the colors. Very, very elegant.does your car have overdrive as well as freewheeling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrmyers35 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) I bought this Franklin in May 2014, significantly disassembled, needing #5 cylinder replaced & needing to be painted & reassembled!I do my own mechanical work, and I'm in the process of reassembling it but I am mainly familiar with Model A Fords . . .this is my first experience with a Franklin.As shown in the picture I'm progressing nicely, but when I checked the free wheeling unit on the transmission I found it empty.[ATTACH=CONFIG]282089[/ATTACH]I filled it to the proper level and it is now leaking badly onto my garage floor ~ (I guess why it was empty!)Messages from Jeff Hasslen & Tom Rassmussen suggest that I have to have some machine work done to make a modern seal fit.Does anyone have any experience doing this?I've made pretty good headway with it, but concerned that I've never worked on a free wheeling unit.How about a step-by-step instruction on how to remove the free wheeling unit?Would anyone help me?Well, I pulled the free-wheeling unit out - not too big a project . . . I carefully removed the seal and took it to Purvis Industries to see if they could find a match.They found a Timken seal with the same OD & ID measurements, and it has the same seal width/height as the original, but it does not have the 'shoulder' on the outer edge. I presume the shoulder is supposed to keep it from going in too far?Since the ID, OD& seal height measurements are the same, and since it would be a 'pressed' fit, I decided to try it.I installed the seal, it definitely is a pressed fit, I reassembled the unit & installed it back into the car. With the pressed fit I feel it will remain in place without any problem (The same type fit that we use for the rear drum seal in a Model A Ford)!I've driven it about 5 miles and it has no leak! (The old seal leaked as soon as I put oil in the unit!)If anyone is interested, the Timken seal part number is 473476. It cost me $19.02 including Texas sales tax. Edited December 20, 2014 by wrmyers35 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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