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Synchro909 · 02-03-2026, 09:30 PM

Hello there guys, I am an imposter on this forum but I've been posting on the Model A one for years. As some of you might know, Henry didn't have the front/rear brake balance right - not enough on the front. I'm trying to get around that on my well used touring car by putting 1934 brakes on the front.
Everything has gone OK so far but there is one problem. One of the wheel suds has been mangled and I've found they are unobtainable. So, my only option is to find an unserviceable hub and use a stud from that OR have one made. That would be expensive so I have spoken with a parts supplier here and he is prepared to make a run of them if he has orders for 40.
I figure that if I owned a '33 or '34, I'd buy at least a set even if I don't need them now. They have no "use by date" so they could sit on the shelf till I or someone else needed them (or even one).
So, the purpose of this post is to try to see if there is any interest for them. I don't know what the price will be (the more, the cheaper) but bear in mind that one of your dollars buys about $1.40 - 1.50 of ours.
What say yo guys?

02-03-2026, 09:30 PM	#1
Synchro909 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 8,431	1933/4 front wheel studs Hello there guys, I am an imposter on this forum but I've been posting on the Model A one for years. As some of you might know, Henry didn't have the front/rear brake balance right - not enough on the front. I'm trying to get around that on my well used touring car by putting 1934 brakes on the front. Everything has gone OK so far but there is one problem. One of the wheel suds has been mangled and I've found they are unobtainable. So, my only option is to find an unserviceable hub and use a stud from that OR have one made. That would be expensive so I have spoken with a parts supplier here and he is prepared to make a run of them if he has orders for 40. I figure that if I owned a '33 or '34, I'd buy at least a set even if I don't need them now. They have no "use by date" so they could sit on the shelf till I or someone else needed them (or even one). So, the purpose of this post is to try to see if there is any interest for them. I don't know what the price will be (the more, the cheaper) but bear in mind that one of your dollars buys about $1.40 - 1.50 of ours. What say yo guys? __________________ When all is said and done, more is said than done. That's why we judge people on what they do, not what they say. I sometimes wonder what happened to the people who asked me for directions. If I am not in trouble, I've done something wrong.