Chet, and any other interested parties. Here are the pics of the ones Don made for my 30U Coupe. I sent him my old ones and they made copies out of aluminum. Great detail, note the offset at the rear of the door. Fits perfectly.

I replaced the spring on both sides but didn't do anything except make the handles hard to turn. Kind of wish I would have left them alone. Anyway, it didn't help the sag.

Gary

Anyone know how to correct this problem? The drivers side is OK.

When I take the handle off and look inside it appears that the bracket which has the square hole in it that the shaft goes through is at this same angle.


Any ideas appreciated.

Gary

This one shows the engine side of the switch and level as mounted on the bottom of the column.

NOTE: I apparently held the camera upside down. Flip the pic over. Steering column actually comes from the left / not right.

Here is one that shows the view you would get looking as mounted on the car.

Rusty, Here is the pic you requested, plus a couple more.

This is the best I could get on the car.

I'll get under and get a pic for you.
Gary

I actually have a spare spider yoke for the rear end but it needs resurfaced. I am thinking of putting mine back to original at some point. But, I've got so much invested in this conversion I at least need to give it a try.

And another.

maybe another one.

Trying to post some pics.

Ditch the disks - Update your early Plymouth
This was brought up on another thread, but thought I would sart a new topic.

Like most of us with the early Plymouths and the disk type flex joints in the drive line I had contemplated replacing the disks in my 30U Business Coupe and finally found some. They were 5 that were left over from a job that a company in Portland, OR had done some years ago. After I got them I was concerned that they were not machine made and it appeared that they might not balance really well. At that point I decided to look at my options of installing new style U-joints.

I found, with a little research, that it should be a fairly easy conversion. There are only two parts that are specialty parts associated with the original Plymouth. The rest of the parts necessary are stock parts from any driveline store.

First, I removed all of the original driveline, including the parking brake system and the rear spider yoke off the transmission and the one from the front of the rear differential. I found that the yoke from the transmission had a grove worn in it so I took it in to have it built up and resurfaced.

I took the yoke from the front of the differential and used this piece as the front of the new driveline. This is the first of the two parts that are special to the Plymouth. This yoke can be bolted directly to the yoke on the back of the transmission and the two will hold the original parking brake drum in its original position. I bolted these pieces directly together using new grade 5 bolts with lock washers and locking nuts. Probably overdone here.

From here back everything is new. They welded a new universal yoke and slip-joint assembly to the original spider yoke taken from the rear end. Then they made a new tube with rear universal and a new yoke to fit the differential. This part is the second part that is special. This yoke (for my 30U) is Spicer part #2-4-2821-1X which is a 1 1/8" X 10 spline, 13-10 series. The new yoke at the differential solved the problems of wear in the original piece. Couldn't find a new seal for the differential, but was pleasantly surprised to find that just a new yoke seemed to solve the seal leak problem.

Oh, by the way, the overall length of the shaft assemble, from the front of the spider yoke to the rear of the back yoke is 55".

This job should be able to be done by any competent driveline shop in your local area. Mine was done by Will at Driveline Service of Portland, Inc. You can contact them at 800-227-8608 or www.driveshafts.com.

Wll try to post a coule pictures.

Another pic of linkage. Note the return spring attached to the rod going to the foot throttle mechanism. I have another rod without the spring connector piece, maybe from a different year.

Not sure what happened, but had a reply almost done and the screen went blank. Will try again.

Not sure how those pics got no this thread, the ones of the throttle linkage were what I thought I posted.

First to answer your question, Yes I converted my 30U to the modern U-joint. I took the discs out and bolted the spider yoke off the rear end directly to the front spider and parkinig brake assembly. They welded the new style U-joint and sliop spline to that yoke. THe rear spider yoke was replaced with a standard Spicer yoke which fit the existing pinion input shaft. I can't lay my hands on the part number right now but there is an article that will be in the next POC Bulletin. After I did this I found that the original discs are being reproduced and are available for $165.00 per set of 5. Contact Bill Broel Jr. at billnlana@hotmail.com. He has apparently been making them for a long time.

Anyway, here are some pics of the throttle linkage.

Just another pic of the mechanism.