Challenge - identify the brake cylinder!
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Following on from my previous thread, I've managed to successfully remove the brake cylinder I was after. Looking inside, it's corroded to buggery so a new one is on the cards.
Can anyone please identify what it's from? The markings on the cylinder are:
Wagner Lockheed
G
22
The pistons are concave and connect to the shoes by a short rod passing through the rubber end cap on each end. The caps are marked:
Lockheed USA
FD-368 OZ DT
I've tried googling all of these terms but without any success. Google Web only turns up generic Lockheed service manuals and Google images returns cylinders that look nothing like it.
Can anyone please identify what it's from? The markings on the cylinder are:
Wagner Lockheed
G
22
The pistons are concave and connect to the shoes by a short rod passing through the rubber end cap on each end. The caps are marked:
Lockheed USA
FD-368 OZ DT
I've tried googling all of these terms but without any success. Google Web only turns up generic Lockheed service manuals and Google images returns cylinders that look nothing like it.
Wigeon Incognito said:
Is it supposed to have two pistons and one has corroded?
And is the piece that angles the brake hose union a separate bolted on item?
It's a single leading shoe drum so yes there is a piston in each end. Both of them are full of rust and solidified brake fluid.And is the piece that angles the brake hose union a separate bolted on item?
Yes the union is a separate banjo fitting.... And it was set so the union covered one of the cylinder mounting bolts, which is why I had the whole saga of taking the backplate off to get at it!
TooMany2cvs said:
I think it's from a '40s/50s American light truck, probably GM...
Seriously, I suspect your best bet is to jump on an appropriate US forum, and show them the pics. Whatever it is, you're going to be importing, probably.
What's the axle doing in life these days?
Hahahahaha....Seriously, I suspect your best bet is to jump on an appropriate US forum, and show them the pics. Whatever it is, you're going to be importing, probably.
What's the axle doing in life these days?
Yes I realised an import job, but the good thing about the yank stuff parts scene is that nearly of all it is still available!
The axle currently (and has always) underpinned a 1960s Northwestern Motor Co Aircraft tug, kindly left here by the USAF after the Cold War and rescued by a friend of mine. The running gear is all Chrysler and GM parts bin stuff (with a 4.5 straight 6 petrol engine!), with 4 tons (yes really) of solid cast steel bodywork plonked on top
996TT02 said:
Give that man a cookie!! Once again the power of PH comes to the rescue 
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