'39 Buick Century - rear brake backer plate

[C-Lamb]

Good evening all.  Looking for a rear brake backer plate, there's a bit of damage due to a recent careless incident. 

 

I haven't found any sources.  Any good interchange options? 

 

Thanks! 

Chris

Edited November 30 by C-Lamb
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[MCHinson]

I would suggest you give Dave Tacheny a call. He sells 1936-1941 Buick parts from parts cars. You can best reach him by calling 763-427-3460 between 4 and 7 pm Central. He probably has one available. 

[1939_Buick]

Have a photo of what is damaged?

[C-Lamb]

10 hours ago, MCHinson said:

I would suggest you give Dave Tacheny a call. He sells 1936-1941 Buick parts from parts cars. You can best reach him by calling 763-427-3460 between 4 and 7 pm Central. He probably has one available. 

I've seen Dave's name in so many old posts, I couldn't believe he's still doing it!  I'll give him a call.

[C-Lamb]

10 hours ago, 1939_Buick said:

Have a photo of what is damaged?

I'll take one a bit later today.  The bottom edge is ground away where it slid along the road.  I think it's still useful, but thought I would assess the situation for replacements.  Seems like they're hard to find. 

 

 

[EmTee]

29 minutes ago, C-Lamb said:

The bottom edge is ground away where it slid along the road. 

Yup, that's a fairly common issue.  One of the backing plates on my '38 shows similar wear.  Yours is probably still usable if you're unable to find a replacement.  Unlike studs with lug nuts, when the wheel bolt falls out there's nothing left to support the wheel.  I re-check the torque on mine repeatedly after removing a wheel until the torque stabilizes.

 

While you're in there, good time to replace axle seals and repack the bearings... 

[C-Lamb]

3 hours ago, EmTee said:

Yup, that's a fairly common issue.  One of the backing plates on my '38 shows similar wear.  Yours is probably still usable if you're unable to find a replacement.  Unlike studs with lug nuts, when the wheel bolt falls out there's nothing left to support the wheel.  I re-check the torque on mine repeatedly after removing a wheel until the torque stabilizes.

 

While you're in there, good time to replace axle seals and repack the bearings... 

Yeah, not a great feeling but I probably put that wheel on 2 years ago when I started working on the front end and didn't check them, focuex on the 30 bolts in the front.

 

Probably a good idea to chang those.  I'll look for some instructions tonight and see if I can find some good instructions, and check the manuals. 

 

Thinking of addressing the rear shocks while I have it up on stands... 

Edited Saturday at 05:39 PM by C-Lamb (see edit history)

[buick looks fine for 39]

I have one

[buick looks fine for 39]

Opps, actually I have two. I'm glad to help

Thanks Leif

[1939_Buick]

Rear backer plates 1937 1938 & 1939 S60 are the same.  Not the same as series 40

Group 5.0001

Part 1300358  1937 1938 S60 right  1939 S60 left

Part 1300359 1937 1938 S60 left 1939 S60 right

Source 1928-41 Master chassis parts book

If Leif cannot supply DaveT may have some

Edited Sunday at 06:26 AM by 1939_Buick (see edit history)

[buick looks fine for 39]

Thanks guys, I have literally tons of stuff and it does nobody good by having it sit in my shop.

 

                                   Leif