[Spridgets] Handbrake rods + I have nothing to sell! (photo attached)

[CosmicMag1380]

Look for marine grade SS. It has a higher chromium and nickel content and
is more corrosion resistant.  The better SS products will not attract a
magnet.

Kent

On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 5:22 PM, WeslakeMonza1330--- via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> The last will be first etc.  I don't have anything to sell and if I did I
> think the shipping might be excessive.  I think the list/my response gave a
> couple of listers the impression I did when I commented on a previous post
> about a 1275 and box being the best parts etc.
>
> So, onto a brand new question and probably never asked before on the
> list.  I run 8" drums on the rear of my Sprite to balance out the big discs
> on the front and so I can perform 'parking brake turns' when the mood takes
> me...  Consequently I also originally had modified handbrake rods to work
> with the 8" drums.  When the holes in the clevis ends was worn more than I
> liked and made the cotter pins sloppy I replaced them with new rods.  The
> new rods are for 'unisex' by which I mean they are designed to work with
> steel wheel or wire wheel axle casings being adjustable in length.  The
> adjustment is at the drum end by way of the rod being threaded (metric M6 I
> think ...) and a threaded clevis fork.  Having recently swapped my
> handbrake (photo attached and yes I realise I need to paint the inside of
> the holes black) I decided to adjust the rods.  One rod wasn't adjust that
> well and when I put the rod in the vice and put a wrench on the nut I
> sheared the rod.  OK new rods on order + an extra long clevis end and an M6
> die so I may be able to salvage the old rod by threading past the break.
>
> However, it occurred to me that if the rod hadn't rusted the nut wouldn't
> have jammed and the rod sheared.  So, I'm pondering making a pair of
> replacement rods in stainless steel.  Since this stainless steel isn't to
> the ARP grade of stainless and it is loaded in tension is it likely to be
> strong enough?  Probably I'll make a stainless rod anyway and find out.
> However, I figure the standard steel rod wasn't that great a quality of
> steel and yanking on the handbrake and loading the rod in tension ought to
> not break even stainless bar, or will it.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Daniel
>
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Kent
1960 Bugeye
1983 Garage full of spridget parts!
2010 Arrow shed full of excess spridget parts!!!
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