1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan

Posted by Andy on December 02, 1997 at 22:13:36

Trying to find information on my car. I'm told it is a rather
rare body style. Can anybody verify this? The car is in great
shape but I have a shimmy problem around 20mph. When car was
purchased, it had not been driven for 10 yrs. Problem started
as a high speed (30-40mph) shimmy. Rebuilt kingpins and checked tow in. Problem went away briefly. Checked steering
box and it needed tightened. Corrected problem again but only
briefly. Changed wheels due to left front rim bent. Thought
that that would solve it, but again only briefly. Rechecked
tow in with someone more knowledgeable. Adjustments made and this corrected it again but now shimmy at low speeds. If you
speed up past 20mph shimmy will quit and run just fine. HELP!!

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Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan modelason December 08, 1997 at 16:55:44(0)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Bill Pursel December 03, 1997 at 22:16:24(2)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Andy Heins December 04, 1997 at 14:17:57(1)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Bob Carabbio December 05, 1997 at 20:34:22(0)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Mike Flanagan December 03, 1997 at 15:07:52(3)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan G Weilbaker December 03, 1997 at 17:57:26(2)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Mike Flanagan December 05, 1997 at 07:53:36(1)
Re: 1928 Briggs body leatherback Fordor Sedan Glen Weilbaker December 07, 1997 at 15:43:15(0)
Re: 1928 Briggs - Shimmy Marco Tahtaras December 02, 1997 at 23:32:08(1)
It sounds like the spacing of inner wheelbearing and spindle. If spacing is not correct brake drum will cause shimmy. Bob O December 03, 1997 at 11:36:53(0)

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