No..........nothing to do with a bone in ham shim ! Doing the kingpins on my 46/47 Ford. May as well do the wheel bearings, tie rod and drag link ends while I'm at it. The wheel studs appear to have been tack welded some time in the distant past. Is this fix "Traditional " ??????????????????
Yeah somebody put a tack on them to keep them from backing out and I agree they already look like someone took an angle grinder to the spots to release them.
When putting new studs in an old drum, a lot of the time the metal around the holes are fatigued and the knurling on the studs doesn't catch. The spot welds will keep the studs from spinning in the worn holes. Just a little insurance.
Aren't those usually pressed into the hub. Maybe they are aftermarket without the swage so they got tacked in. Lot's of stuff could have happened over the last 74 years.
Sometimes the holes would get sloppy elongated from working loose, a fix was to pull the hub and bolt up the wheel and to tack the studs in place. I've seen it a few times to put back on the road especially old fords 30s 40s 50s . not the best fix but it saved money when you didn't have any.
Both of my cars with old ford drums have studs tacked in. Never have had a problem I wouldn’t worry about it.
I would really like to know why the tacks were cut ? Perhaps to mount to a brake lathe when drums were turned ?
Sometimes you never know probably made sense at the time or maybe someone was trying to clean them up for sale or so
I've used a number of different drum lathes over the years and have never seen one that you would have a problem needing it to be cut down for a drum lathe. Every one I used used adapters that fit against the bearing surfaces when you had hubs. Bare drum, yep you have the piece that goes against the flat inner part and it's mate on the outside.
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