1944 Universal Carrier Wheels - Ford Canada

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by listerdiesel

We have got another set of these wheels, ....
They are British, cast 'JM 1941'.

Peter

Also seen in Aust:

[listerdiesel]

Originally Posted by Tony Smith

Also seen in Aust:

Hi Tony:

I don't know who 'JM' was, but would be interested to know if anyone has the ID.

Looks like we will be swapping this new set with the four originals that Kevin had from us, as he couldn't get the Windsor wheels into his suspension arms.

Peter

[listerdiesel]

Originally Posted by listerdiesel

I don't know who 'JM' was, but would be interested to know if anyone has the ID.

Could this have been Jowett Motors ??

Peter

[listerdiesel]

Kevin swapped wheels today, so I have the original Windsor wheels back home.

The bearings that I mentioned on ebay are now down to £4.50 each plus £8.70 carriage for 10 pces. These are 50mm centre not the 40mm as standard, but for the cost of getting a simple sleeve turned up, it's a bargain compared to what the originals sell for.

These are double seal types and won't need greasing.

Ebay 150255992608 - 6310 2RS WM1 RUBBER SEALED BEARING 50 X 110 X 27mm

Peter

[kevin powles]

Hi, Just ordered 32 of these bearings at £4.30 each plus £8.70 postage. You can even use any spare bearing spacers you have to produce the sleeve, they need to be turned down by taking about 1mm off and then facing off to 27mm. I would recommend an interference fit between the sleeve and the bearing.

I can totally refit two carriers (32 bearings) at a total cost of about £200 including getting the sleeves made (i have numrous spare spacers), compared with about £1000 for off the shelf 40mm x 110mm x 27mm,

I have also checked today, British, Canadian and Windsor bearings are all of this type.

Thanks Pete for the advice.

Cheers Kevin

[listerdiesel]

Noe that we have the Windsor wheels back home (thanks, Kevin) we had to sort out what to do with the tyres.

Plan A was to try and cut them off, or Plan B was to try and break the bond betwixt wheel and tyre.

Plan A wasn't too good, but if you had lots of time and patience, you could gradually get chunks off the wheel, but an hours labour only saw a very small quantity of rubber removed.

Revert to Plan B.

Build a small bonfire (don't do this in the locality where you live, it has to be out in the country!)

Before it gets too far on the way, chuck wheels onto the fire and then build up more combustibles around the wheels.

Within 20 minutes or so, the wheels are hot enough to release the tyres, which are by now burning anyway, and we were able to knock them off with a length of 4 X 2 timber, and then drag the tyres out of the fire and extinguish the flames with a bucket of dirt.

Place wheel rims back into the fire and cook for 1/2 an hour to burn off any paint and rubber residue.

We did all four at once, while it would have been better to do them individually, as the amount of burning rubber smoke was quite bad at one point. Fortunately we had a brisk breeze which dispersed it fairly quickly, and it was only for about 15-20 minutes, most of the tyre material was still in place.

Not the most environmentally kind method, but it was relatively quick and had the side benefit of removing most of the paint, to show what looks like White Lead primer underneath....

Pictures below.

Peter