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Servicing Your Hudson Jet

INDEX

TORQUE CHART
A complete Torque Chart in the form of a loose leaf insert [was] included with [the Vol. 5, No. 3, March 1953 issue of the Hudson Service Merchandiser], thus providing every mechanic with a copy of very important data. Retain your copy and place it in an 8x11 [page protector] and always keep it available for ready reference.

Click here to view and print your own copy of this Torque Chart!

HUDSON JET ESSENTIAL SERVICE TOOLS
Part number of the group is E.G. 7-53-1. The list price [was] $116.05
as suggested in Hudson Service Merchandiser Vol. 5, No. 5, May 1953 and Vol. 5, No. 6, June 1953

Hudson Jet Essential Service Tools
This special adapter has been designed to permit use of the J 2241-A Puller on Jet differential side bearings. The pilot of the adapter fits into the differential case hub thus providing a surface for the end of the puller screw to exert pressure against.
J 2241-10

J 2241-10 Demo
1. J 5365 Rear Pinion Bearing Cone Remover
10. J 5223-50 Pinion Setting Gauge Adaptor
To facilitate removal of the rear pinion bearing cone without damage to either the bearing cage or pinion, use the J 5365 Remover with an arbor press. With the tool in place, as shown, the shaft can then be pressed or driven out of the bearing.
J 5365

J 5365 Demo
J 5223-50

J 5223-50
The new gauge block and mounting discs of this Adapter Set, when used with the J 5223 Pinion Setting Gauge, provide the mechanic with a completely accurate means of setting the drive pinion when reassembling the differential.
2. J 5372 Rear Axle Spreader
According to Hudson Service Merchandiser Vol. 5, No. 10, October 1953, some reports [were] received from the field to the effect that the part #J-5223-50 Pinion Setting Gauge Adaptor, included in the Jet Essential Service Tool order, will not close up sufficiently for use in checking the distance between the rear end of the drive pinion and the center of the axle, on Jet Models equipped with the 4.1 ratio axle.

Pinion Setting Gauge Adaptor Revision


This condition can be easily rectified by drilling out the small stop in (A-Figure above), removing plunger and grinding sufficient metal off small end (B) to permit gauge to close up to the dimension required (2.250") for checking the 4.1 ratio drive pinion.

The stop pin need not be replaced since the thumb locking screw will retain the plunger.
J 5372

J 5372
In order to remove or install the differential assembly it is necessary to spread the differential housing to provide for compensation for the preload or side press between the bearing cups and housing. J 5372 is the tool required to perform this operation.
3. J 883-10 Valve Guide Replacer Pilot
(Used with J 883-B Set)
Proper valve guide installation on jet engines is assured when this essential replacer pilot is used in conjunction with J 883-B Valve Guide Installer Set. Calibration of the pilot insured that the guides aredriven to the proper depth.
J 883-10

J 883-10
4. J 5490 Clutch Finger Adjusting Gauge
11. J 2587-A Transmission Mainshaft Endplay Guide
J 5490

J 5490
The J 5490 gauge plate is the same thickness as the clutch plate and the hub is machined to correct finger height. To use, replace driven plate with gauge so raised lands are directly under fingers. Bolt cover on. Place finger height gauge on hub. Properly adjusted fingers will just touch this gauge.
J 2587-A

J 2587_A
This special tool slips over the front planet carrier assembly spline and the internal threads engage in the threaded portion of the mainshaft. Thus, when mainshaft endplay is checked the two shafts will be held in their proper position, and a quick, accurate check is assured.
5. J 5366 Pinion Shaft Oil Seal Installer
This special tool provides an easy and positive means of installing the pinion shaft oil seal. To use, pilot the tool or the pinion shaft oil seal. To use, pilot the tool or the pinion shaft with the tool flange contacting the outer rim of the seal and tap the tool lightly as shown, to install the seal.
J 5366

J 5366
Proper installation of the rear axle shaft inner oil seal can be accomplished with speed and ease when J 5370 is used with driver handle J 872-5 as shown. The pilot of the tool is designed to assure correct seal placement in the axle shaft.
J 5370

J 5370
6. J 5442 Pilot Bearing Installer & clutch Plate Aligner
J 5442

J 5442
This dual-purpose tool is sued to replace the clutch pilot bearing without damaging or distorting it and it's also employed to align and pilot bearing so transmission can be installed in true line with clutch.
J 5369

J 5369
This specially designed installation tool provides the mechanic with an efficient means for installing the bearing cone on the rear axle shaft. The tool pilots on the shaft and drives against the bearing cone inner race. The bearing is started in position and driven in place, perfectly aligned and without damage.
7. J 5368 Rear Axle Shaft Bearing Cone Remover
(Used with J 358-1 Holder)
Safe, easy removal of the axle shaft bearing cone is possible using J 5368 as shown. The plate is held in plate holder J 358-1 and supported in a vise. Shaft may then be driven from bearing.
J 5368

J 5368
Differential side bearing installation is easy and accurate with the J 5364 (used with J 872-5 driver handle). The tool pilot guides the bearing into place and the recessed shoulder allows tool to clear differential hub as bearing is driven into its seat.
J 5364

J 5364
15. J 5367 Pinion Shaft Front Bearing Cup Installer
(Used with J 872-5 Handle)
J 5371

J 5371
This Puller is required to remove the vibration dampener easily and without damaging parts. Simply remove dampener cap screw and lock, install J 5371, as shown, and tighten puller screw against crankshaft and plug.
J 5367

J 5367
J 5367, when used in conjunction with the J 872-5 Driver Handle, quickly, efficiently installs the pinion shaft front bearing cup. the cup is posotioned and properly seated by the pilot and taper on the drive end of the tool.
The 15 tools illustrated and listed above are essential tools for servicing the Hudson Jet. Every one of these Special Tools shown in their application, are designed to do a job right that could not be done just as well by any other means. In addition to this, these Special Tools enable the mechanic to perform the work in the shortest possible time. They [were] available and offered to Hudson Dealers.

One new Hydra-Matic tool, J 2587-A, is listed, otherwise all Special Tools used to service H-52 Hydra-Matic Transmission are adaptable to Z-53 Hydra-Matic Transmission on the Jet. Every Hudson Dealer should have these tools.

Other Shop Tools

DRILL PRESS:
A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL:
Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light. Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say an explative!

SKILL SAW:
A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS:
Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER:
An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW:
One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle... It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS:
Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH:
Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub out of which you want to remove a bearing race.

TABLE SAW:
A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:
Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bumper.

BAND SAW:
A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminum sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST:
A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:
Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids or for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:
A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws and butchering your palms.

PRY BAR:
A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER:
A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

UTILITY KNIFE:
Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.



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