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I pulled the rear wheels off my 1925 Roadster today and found these home made axle shims. I just picked up the T in October, and what I could find out I don't think its run since the 60's or earlier. I've done a lot of basic maintenance to it and hope to try and start it in the next few weeks.

In looking @ your axle with the shim on, am I seeing that the shim has been cutting into the seal? That is expected.
I dont like shims as a permanent fix. However, I have learned that using 1 thick shim tends to stay in tact better than 1 or 2 thin shims.

If the car had been run any distance with those shims, there would not likely be anywhere near that much of the print on them.

Allan from down under.

Does your axle have a left hand thread? Looks odd.

The axles or the hubs, or both, are worn out. The best way to address it is to replace what's worn and lose the shims.

At least they were made in the USA!

In My infancy of model T ownership I needed axle shims. A -because everything I had was worn out & B-I had no spare parts. I made axle shims
out of 0.0035 3003 aluminum. It is realitivly soft & has a good inbetabillity. And worked well untill I could find better hubs & axles. If you use
shims check them regularly. I had no issues with the aluminum ones I made but later did a have the vender one's loosen up some. I now aproach
axles very differantly. I'm not invested in this hobby enough to buy everything new but if you can do so when it comes to this stuff it will save
you a lot of checking & rechecking to make sure your car is safe. Which is something some don't do reguardless of how much they spend on
new parts.
The wife hid the soap box again so I have to stop.
Craig.