NP205 Bearing Retainer

[Jester]

Does anyone (preferably local) have a NP205 bearing retainer that I could borrow as a template to have the NP200 brake housing machined out?

[snakeater]

you swapping the e-brake from the np 200 to an np205? Post lots of pics, I will have to copy this soon. Do a good job......... Snakeater

[fng]

Here's a post of my first truck, it may help some.

fng
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Okay heres some more

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Another shot of the flange, come to find out a dodge 32 flange is the same as a gm 32 flange according to Tom Woods and my local driveshaft shop.






Next is a shot of the flange and drum installed:


Looks good except...I didn't allow space for the retaining nut on the output shaft where the ujoint flange bolts to the output flange so I had to get this spacer made out of 1/4" mild steel



So after all that was machined and fitted, it bolted all together and here it is:





BTW the spicer 2-4-4191 yokes are exactly what worked for fitting the 1310 ujoints to the 32 spline output shafts on the case! Thanks for those #'s.


This last is a pic of the shortshaft with a 1310 on the back and a 1350 in the front to mate with the sm465 yoke...Rube Goldberg at it's best!




Next I have to fab the mounting for the shifters and brake handle. It's been so long since I took them off I can't remember how they went on, anybody can post pics of thier work would be a huge help.
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Hey all, sorry it's taken so long to complete this bit of the project but there were delays and more delays from the machine shop and waiting for parts etc.
I finally got the ebrake done! Glad of it too! This has been one of the bigger PITA's so far for me. I had to come up with an idea and through looking comparing and much fabrication I arrived with this end result. Now once again I'd like to reiterate that I'm no design engineer nor have I got the one and only way to do this but it's what I did and I think it'll work, time will tell.

This first picture is of the relined brake band mounted to the foot piece which is mounted to the np205, the foot piece or base first had to be machined to fit the bearing extrusion. I doped it with "Mega-Black" and a paper seal and smoked it down onto the case. After relining the band with the brass rivets, I slid it onto the foot and that looks like this:



Next I ordered a flange with a 5 1/2" blank on the end from Tom Woods Custom Driveshafts in Ogden, Utah. It cost $80 and fit like a glove. I took it and the e brake drum down to the machine shop explained how I wanted it all to line up and they proceeded to drill several holes, surfaced a pilot into the backside of the flange just to keep the drum centered. It looks like this:


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[fng]

Man, that did not work. Sorry to waste the space. Anyway, I did the whole thing, made pretty pictures as I went and you can find them doing a search of np205 ebrake by fng and they should pop right up.

[snakeater]

Nope......I'm gonna take alittle trip to NLR arkansas, I know where there is one already finished now! You didn't need it for anything did you??? snakeater

[saxon]

Trenton,

I think I have one laying around somewhere, I pulled it off to install the gearvendors. Now finding it is another thing.

[fisherman]

You don't have to have it machined. I made a 3/16" spacer and put in to clear the bearing race. Just use what you have for a template, know anyone with a lathe. I spun mine out pretty quick and drilled through the bearing reatainer to align for the bolt holes.

[Jester]

You don't have to have it machined. I made a 3/16" spacer and put in to clear the bearing race. Just use what you have for a template, know anyone with a lathe. I spun mine out pretty quick and drilled through the bearing reatainer to align for the bolt holes.

Didnt think of that. Does it mess up the spacing with the drum? When I get all my parts together I will chat with you about it more.

[fisherman]

The spacing on my drum to the np 202 wan't affected at all. Near as I can tell it shouldn't be a problem with your 205. I can take a look then I'll know, just mock it up considering a 3/16" spacer then you should know, spacer just allows the clearance between the drum and the different bearing in the 205. If I recall things correctly.

[Mikel]

you swapping the e-brake from the np 200 to an np205? Post lots of pics, I will have to copy this soon. Do a good job......... Snakeater

I swapped some NP200 parts into a Ford 205 to create a second rear output. It's also a very easy way to get a parking brake