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06-01-2017, 02:09 PM | #1 |
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Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
I've always wondered why the Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud, like a pointed spike, where the other 4 studs are normal like a Ford.
Anyone know the answer?
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06-01-2017, 02:11 PM | #2 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
Looks like it sticks out further, to make it easier to align the wheel on the studs?
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06-01-2017, 02:16 PM | #3 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
I don't know the answer, but i'll give you $10.00 for that brake drum. You gotta pay the shipping though.
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06-01-2017, 02:37 PM | #4 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
I think almost certainly that gave an easy place to hang the wheel while fumbling for the lugnuts while changing a flat. Fomoco owner's manuals covered tire change...see what a Lincoln one says. It might just cover this.
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
It was to aid in aligning the wheel to the drum and studs. Lincolns had bigger tires and thus heavier wheel and tire combo. Don't know why it was on the front only.
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06-03-2017, 03:44 AM | #6 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
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Purely guessing here, but maybe (as the more expensive model), the pointy stud is aligned with the wheel valve and balanced as an assembly. Better balance for the more expensive model. Again, just guessing, but that could possibly explain the use only on the front. Thanks for the original post, i never knew the Lincolns were like that. Mart. |
06-03-2017, 04:18 AM | #7 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
Another guess, someone ordered the pointed studs by mistake and Henry decided to randomly install them one by one until they were used up.
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06-03-2017, 06:06 AM | #8 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
My '65 VW had wheel bolts instead of studs. It was so nice because you could put the first bolt in while the wheel was on the ground and then just lift it up, pivoting one that one bolt until the other holes lined up.
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06-03-2017, 10:18 PM | #9 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
Maybe it was because in the forties wheels and tires were balanced on the car and you could mark the wheel where the pointed stud was, and reassemble the wheel and tire on the same pointed stud to maintain your balance.
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
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06-05-2017, 10:27 AM | #11 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
I can see the on car ballance being a possibility and the stud is a reference point.
Anyone know if Lincoln rims have a mark on them also, perhaps for lining up to this stud?
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06-05-2017, 01:39 PM | #12 |
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
Another Ford mystery. One has to ask, if it was to aid assembly line installation of the wheels, why they didn't use them on Ford cars. They sold a lot more Fords than Lincolns. Same with the balancing thought.
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Re: Why do Lincoln brake drums have one pointed stud? Bruce?
^ Cost. Lincolns were a top of the line luxury car. It cost a few cents per car to have the odd stud. Worthwhile on the expensive Lincoln, not worth it on the Ford. Ford would do anything he could to save a few cents on the Ford.
(If the balance/ease of fitment advantage theory is correct) Mart. |
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