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Old 01-26-2021, 11:46 AM   #1
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Default 1936 rear axle square key position

putting brakes hubs on my 36 banjo rearend, what is the correct way for the sq key to be installed?
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Old 01-26-2021, 02:12 PM   #2
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Default Re: 1936 rear axle square key position

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Tapered end INBOARD.....taper faces DOWN toward axle! Square end OUTBOARD!! Make sure you tighten that big nut properly. The TIGHTNESS is what drives your wheel...NOT the key. DD
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Welcome to the FordBarn Forums aanderson!

I have found there are many customs for early cars that might run cross-wise to knowledge about things from my childhood in the sixties and later.

V8COOPMAN gave you a good piece of advice. The big nut should ideally be original Ford, with excellent threads on axle and nut. Make sure the keyway is clean with deep square edges and the key is true and square and has equally good edges. Then it needs to be tightened up to the neighborhood of 200 Lb/Ft and on the plus side to get the cotter pin in.

I do mine up to the 200. Drive it fifty-ish miles while monitoring all nuts. Then do it up to put in the cotters. I've had a '36 open car for about a dozen years and a '35 closed car for about five.
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Also make sure that the taper on the axle and inside the drum is DRY . That is no oil or grease of any kind on it. Regards, Kevin.
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