Sid Hiatt

How to change torque tube ball seal and gasket, what is the procedure to replace ? thank you for the help

Ben I had not drove the car for a few weeks and when I went into the garage notice trans fluid on floor under drivers' side rear wheel going to the rear end wet at the front of rear end where drive shaft attaches to drive shaft. Have never seen this before on the car.

I noticed transmission fluid leaking from my rear end, what the cause and what's the fix? How much can I except to pay. Thanks, Hope you can help

I have installed the one that Bob's sells and it works fine on my 55 Century. SID

Give a update on my brakes, I bought new wheel cylinders and new hoses and spring kits again for the front from Fusick and installed , and I don't have the pulling any more to the right . I did not buy from them in the beginning from Fusick . As for the shoes fitting the drums I left the adjusting spring and wheel on the shoes and put them inside the drum and they fit perfect to the drum . The shoes did not need to be arched . Brake pedal goes to about 2 inches from the floor it is a hard pedal but wish it was more than it is. The brakes on this car have been a problem since day one , I was putting the car in my garage after just receiving the car and the brakes failed and caused $ 9,000 damage to 2 other cars. This car has not been kind to me. So I don't know what the problem was for sure but is now fixed. Thanks again to all, SID

I did not try adjusting the anchor pin, well give it a try and see if it helps, I want to thank all of you for your input. Will keep you posted on my progress Thanks ,SID .

I am 81years old and have worked on cars all my life and have worked on drum brakes on lots of different makes of cars and I can honest say never heard of a arcing machine, so a old dog can learn something new. Mr. Tinindian as having no business working on brakes we all cant be as smart as you seem to be. Maybe as growing up very poor and always doing with nothing never could afford real garage work I missed arcing shoes. I must of been lucky until this car. Thanks again, Sid

I'm sorry but never heard about shoes need to be arced and don't know you mean? unless you mean the shoes need to wear to the drum? Don't see how changing drums from one side to the other would change pull but will due and see. Yes it pulls when brakes are cold . I noticed that the shoes seem to be making contact at the top and bottom of the primary shoe and the bottom of the secondary shoe with the drum. the shoes seem to be ruffed up. Both sides pass and driver side shoes look like that. Hope I made that clear? The front of the shoes are smooth, and they are were smooth when installed? Thanks for all the input, hope I get this corrected . SID

When I received the new drums they were ruff grind, took them and had them turned smooth , no grease on shoes or drums, the shoes are installed correct , the wheel bearings are torque correct, the backing plates are smooth, it just doesn't make any sense. Yes the pull is under braking , no pulling either way when car is moving only on stopping. The pass side is adjusted with slight or no shoe to drum contact the driver side has more drag than right side. Did not have this problem with old shoes and wore out drums . Thanks, SID

The brakes shoes are installed right , going to check every thing again and bled see if that does anything. THANKS ,Sid

Having trouble with the brakes on my 55 , I've replaced the 4 drums new, shoes, wheel cylinders, new springs, retainers and now when I drive it pulls to the right , have bleed the brakes, adjusted the brakes till I am blue in the face and can not fix, I have checked the front end everything seems to be OK ,no movement in wheel up or down or back in forth ,car drives well no drifting side to side . the reason I did this brake work the shoes were wore out and the Drums were to big diameter, had to much taken out. I have also replaced the brake lines with new stainless lines. I'm at a loss as what to do to fix. Any Ideas as what can be the problem or where to look . Hope you guys can help. (P.S the car did not pull either way before brake work.) Thanks, SID

Will try and put some grease on them when I reinstall , looks like to me the grease would not stay long. I filed down the high spots . I did not have this problem before installing new drums the old ones had way to much taken out of them and could not be used. I bought all new stainless brake lines and took it to a shop to have them install because I don't have a lift, they told me my driver side brake was making a noise when the brake was applied I did not hear it , told them to fix. they said the retainer springs that hold the shoes to the backing plate were to long and said that that was what was rubbing , installed shorter one and they said that fixed it. car has been body shop and trim shop for 8 months and never drove the car after the brake were supposed to be fixed. When I removed the drums on the front to check what was rubbing the metal that holds the shoes were rubbing on drum. So you can see how this all came about . Thanks SID

Where the shoes rest are worn and have made ridges been having trouble with the shoes moving, when brakes are applied they move and are rubbing the outside of drum. the drums are new after market , the shoes are 2/ 1/4 inches wide and the drums are 2/1/2 inches wide ,I have replaced the shoes, drums the only thing not replaced is the backing plates. Any Ideas to what can be causing the shoes to move all the hard ware that holds the shoes are new also. Thanks Sid

I need to buy new front brake shoe backing plates for my 55 Buick Century are they available ? if so where at? Thanks for your help. SID

Thanks for the information, SID

Thanks for the reply,On the back of the bar there are 4 mounting holes that are not on center with the bar ,I need to know if the offset is towards the hood or towards the bumper. Thanks, Sid

After being in chrome shop jail for over 20 months I am trying to put the grill and all the other pieces back together when looking at the center bar I see the mounting holes are off set not on center with the bar, what way does the bar mount with the offset towards the hood or towards the bumper? I am mounting this in my garage and can't stand back and get a good look at it. Thanks for the help SID

thanks I am in the process of repair

It would be easier to replace with new, will have to remove old wire and soder before I can rewire and soder the new wire to switch. Sid, no easy way on this car so far.

I need to replace or rebuilt the turn signal switch, can the switch be bought? Sid

I sprayed some w d40 on switch and let it soak overnight and it came loose, now the blook says to remove shield at steering column ,looks like to me there are a lot of things have to removed to remove shield am I right? The book doesn't show shield ,not a real good design on removal of switch. Sid

Thanks for the reply and on the other instructions, I can not get cylinder out by the way the book says to do it won't budge

I am rewiring my 55 century and need to remove ignition tumbler and have tried to remove like the book says and it wont budge , I was wondering if any of you have had this and have away to remove? Thank You, SID

Thanks everybody on the reply ,it will sure help. Thanks, Sid

What one did you buy ? How did you decide on what one to buy? Was there a number or what car was it for? Thanks, Sid