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good morning to all,
i have a 1937 chevrolet carry-all, i recently rebuilt the front wheel cylinders but the front passenger wheel locks up still. was told it could be the wheel bearings, does anyone know where i can get a set? do these come with inner and outer bearings?

you can get BEARINGS here.
Harold

thanks Harold46, i remember changing them on my 38 four door, isn't there a outer and inner?

I assume you repaired the wheel cylinder because it was leaking. Did you also replace the brake shoes/linings at the same time? Linings that are saturated with brake fluid, oil, or grease will cause the wheel to lock up when the brakes are applied, and in 60-somerthing years of trying I've yet to discover a method of cleaning, sanding, or other attempts at salvaging contaminated brake linings that really works, Reline the brakes and I'll bet your wheel lock situation goes away.
Jerry

HotRod Lincoln, i shall do the brakes...thanks

To do a through job of it, have the drums checked for size. If they are out of tolerance width wise, usually because they have been cut one to many times (generally .060 over,) then you should replace the drums. It they can take a small cut, you might consider having them machined to make sure they are round. Drums can go out of round, or warped as they use to say, for any number of reasons, cold water hitting a hot drum for example will do it (like driving over a puddle of water right after a rain, and the cold water hits just one hot drum). That will also cause a bad pull to one side. Also, are you positive the front brake lines are clear, hoses in good shape, that none front brake lines is squashed or smashed in, even just a little bit?

A bad flex line can cause pulling to one side. Also with Huck brakes, the lack of a chamfer on the top of the lining can cause the brake assemble to not work correctly.