Do-It-Yourself Story

I did a comprehensive replacement of the drum weight bearing items. These included the rear drum bearing and cup assemblies, the top front felt drum glide, and lower front felt seal. While I had it apart, I also replaced the drive belt. The only difficult thing to do was to get the screws started in the new bearing ball assembly. These are NOT threaded, and take some work. I used a speed handle with a phillips tip to put weight on it while it rested on 2 blocks of wood with the ball between them. Put a knee on it to keep it from turning. Definitely have to make the threads in the plate before assembly. Using the old screws to do this was good advice.