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  • Kirk M.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • June 30, 2006
    • 1036

    Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

    I finally decided to bite the bullet and re-do my dust shields since the ones currently in the car were just loosely glued and in and the shield on the passenger side was missing its lower half. I gave it alot of thought and here's what I came up with:

    1. Jacked up the car and removed the driver's side tire. Placed jack stands under frame.

    2. Carefully removed the old driver's side dust shield and cleaned up all the glue and paint in the depression for the shield inside the engine compartment.

    2. I used this shield since it looked like a very old replacement as a template and cut out an identical copy of the dust shield using thin cardboard (pic 1).

    3. I could see all the original staple holes on the driver's side. Interestingly, my car only had 10 original staples, not the eleven called for the in the AIM.

    4. Placed a light in the engine compartment shining towards the holes and used a large paper-clip to clean out all of the holes. The light made it easy to see most of the holes.

    5. Carefully taped the cardboard template to the engine side using the depression for the outline of the shield as a guide. Needed to use duct tape to hold the template in place tightly so it wouldn't slip.

    6. Used a large sewing needle to carefully poke holes from the wheel well side through the cardboard template on the opposite side. This transferred the original staple hole pattern on the wheel well to my template.

    7. Oriented the template on a replacement dust shield (found the Paragon shields most closely matched my old one, so I used them), and then used a small battery-power hand drill (not much power - but you don't need much) to transfer the hole pattern template to the replacement dust shield.

    8. Took each pair of staple holes in the wheel well and matched up a corresponding staple to it -some needed bending in, some out, some none at all. I then put the staple in the corresponding holes in the dust shield.

    9. Went to car and carefully lined up each staple with the pre-existing holes and put the staples through. Starting at the top middle, I held one end of the staple with bent needle nose pliers and the other with regular needle nose plies and proceeded to bend the staple end over using the bent nose pliers. Took a bit of getting use to, but after two or three it went like clockwork.

    10. Tidied up the staple ends and heads in the engine compartment using pliers and I was done (Pic 2 and 3).

    In the process of doing this, I cleaned up the A-arms and ball joints and found what appears to be original orange paint on the spindle (pic 3). I also found some yellow paint on a bolt on the back-side of the spindle or brake drum (pic 4). Is that also suppose to be there? It was identical on both sides. Anyway, the template approach to dust shields worked like a charm. I know there are some significant NCRS boo-boos with my A-arms (ball joints bolted), but at least they are now clean. Had some difficulties on the passenger side, but that is for my next post as I think I have some evidence of repair work and would like to get some opinions. Give me any and all your thoughts.

    Kirk
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  • Stuart F.
    Expired
    • August 31, 1996
    • 4676

    #2
    Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

    Kirk;

    Good job, specially the write up. Being a retired Tech Writer I can appreciate that.

    Without my looking for the answer to this question, perhaps you can tell me; are the staples supposed to look shinny as in "new", or perhaps rusty if old/original, and/or black as in "painted" during black out process. I'm sure I have read it somewhere, but can't recall where.

    Thanks;

    Stu Fox

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    • Kirk M.
      Extremely Frequent Poster
      • June 30, 2006
      • 1036

      #3
      Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

      I believe from the look of my original staples that they were not painted and I think they were made out of something that didn't rust as well because they look old and dirty, but not really rusty. Hopefully, someone will chime in and give us the NCRS skinny on this, as I am just basing it on my observations, and it is possible that the staples are old replacements rather than 67 originals.

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      • John H.
        Beyond Control Poster
        • December 1, 1997
        • 16513

        #4
        Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

        Kirk -

        The staples (and shields) were installed in the Body Shop, and got at least partial coverage when the car went through blackout before the final bake oven, so the staples and shields should show blackout paint. Judges will also check with a magnet to make sure the staples aren't stainless steel. Nice job!

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        • Kirk M.
          Extremely Frequent Poster
          • June 30, 2006
          • 1036

          #5
          Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

          Originally posted by John Hinckley (29964)
          Kirk -

          The staples (and shields) were installed in the Body Shop, and got at least partial coverage when the car went through blackout before the final bake oven, so the staples and shields should show blackout paint. Judges will also check with a magnet to make sure the staples aren't stainless steel. Nice job!

          John,

          Should they show paint inside the wheel well as well as the engine compartment, or did black out only go in the engine compartment. Would the wheel well side of the staples have undercoating on them as well? Having said that, should I just dust the edges of the shield with paint on the engine compartment side? Thanks.

          I guess I kinda knew that as that is why I cleaned the paint from underneath the edges of the shields before installing.

          Kirk

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          • John H.
            Beyond Control Poster
            • December 1, 1997
            • 16513

            #6
            Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

            Originally posted by Kirk McHugh (46057)
            John,

            Should they show paint inside the wheel well as well as the engine compartment, or did black out only go in the engine compartment. Would the wheel well side of the staples have undercoating on them as well? Having said that, should I just dust the edges of the shield with paint on the engine compartment side? Thanks. Kirk
            I'd dust the engine side, and I'd expect to see some blackout on the tire side as well, but no undercoating; the undercoating was usually more of a "stripe" on the tire throw area from front to rear, with little or none on the vertical surfaces. As they say, "coverage varied widely".

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            • Edward S.
              Expired
              • December 1, 1986
              • 514

              #7
              Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

              Did the same thing on my 65 last winter, only I did it on a lift with a friend. Just wanted everyone to know that LICS sells the shields and they have stainless steel staples that are magnetized - turned out to be easier than I thought

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              • Brant H.
                Frequent User
                • March 1, 1987
                • 45

                #8
                Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                Not to hi-jack the thread, but what is the deal in judging with the magnets on stainless steel? Lots of stainless steel is magnetic.

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                • Kirk M.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • June 30, 2006
                  • 1036

                  #9
                  Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                  Anyone got any comments on the two yellow painted bolts I found. Is that "normal"?

                  Kirk

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                  • Edward S.
                    Expired
                    • December 1, 1986
                    • 514

                    #10
                    Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                    Originally posted by Brant Halterman (11109)
                    Not to hi-jack the thread, but what is the deal in judging with the magnets on stainless steel? Lots of stainless steel is magnetic.
                    Brant,
                    The original staples that were used were metal, magnetic and rusted pretty well - I would think alot of the original repro. staples that did not rust were also non-magnetic and caused points to be lost.

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                    • Kirk M.
                      Extremely Frequent Poster
                      • June 30, 2006
                      • 1036

                      #11
                      Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                      So I take it there is not info on the yellow bolt I identified. Anyone!?!!!

                      Kirk

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                      • Stuart F.
                        Expired
                        • August 31, 1996
                        • 4676

                        #12
                        Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                        Kirk;

                        Is that a bolt or a nut on a stud? It appears to be the latter. I have a 63 w/drum brakes which may or may not be different than the mounting of your disc brake backing plate to the spindle, but I looked anyway and could see no such color on mine. Perhaps that may be a replacement fastener, or it almost looks like a form of locktite.

                        Hope you get some replies about this today.

                        Stu Fox

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                        • John H.
                          Beyond Control Poster
                          • December 1, 1997
                          • 16513

                          #13
                          Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                          Originally posted by Kirk McHugh (46057)
                          So I take it there is not info on the yellow bolt I identified. Anyone!?!!!

                          Kirk
                          Kirk -

                          Most likely an inspector's mark from a random torque audit.

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                          • Kirk M.
                            Extremely Frequent Poster
                            • June 30, 2006
                            • 1036

                            #14
                            Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                            Thanks again John. Interesting observation. Stuart, it is definitely a nut of some sort that is on what I presumed to be a bolt.

                            Kirk

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                            • Loren L.
                              Extremely Frequent Poster
                              • April 30, 1976
                              • 4104

                              #15
                              Re: Re-stapled My 67 Dust Shields - Pics

                              Good job - you got it done! I did it differently:
                              1. micrometer on the staple
                              2. good hardware store - bought wire within .002 - 100 feet for $3.80.
                              3. anchored new shields in place; drilled holes from the wheel wellside.
                              4. vise grip with jaws = to inside measurement of staple.
                              5. wire inside jaws; bend around jaws; cut extra long, staple through holes.
                              6. helper holds staple in place inside; trim extra off staple; insert awl under the staple end; bend staple over awl.
                              7 celebrate with a beer.

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