iwish
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Here's a few more pictures of my progress so far;
A couple of shots of the diff, most of the oil came from the breather when the car was rolled on to its side to remove the diff.
Having had a few questions answered in the technical section and picking Jeff Unwin's brain i reached the decision that the backlash/play when turning the diff was within an acceptable tolerance, but decided to replace the bearings and oils seals as a precaution. I did take some photos of the gears which came out very blurry, a mobile phone is great for general photos but not up to much when taking close-ups. The gear splines showed no obvious signs of wear, but only time will tell.
I had to make a Jig to pull the thrust collars off the axle drive shafts, plenty of heat was needed along with a 25mm bolt to wind the shaft out.
New bearings and oils seals are easy to change, once the thrust collars are removed.
A couple of shots showing the brake calipers being stripped down, they look more complicated than they are. The main piston bores were OK so full overhaul kits was sufficient to re-build them.
A couple of shots showing the diff & brake assemblies after a good clean up and re-paint.
The disc were in pretty good shape, just surface rust to clean off. Brake pipes to finish on the left caliper as pictured then it can go back in the car.
A couple of shots of the diff, most of the oil came from the breather when the car was rolled on to its side to remove the diff.
Having had a few questions answered in the technical section and picking Jeff Unwin's brain i reached the decision that the backlash/play when turning the diff was within an acceptable tolerance, but decided to replace the bearings and oils seals as a precaution. I did take some photos of the gears which came out very blurry, a mobile phone is great for general photos but not up to much when taking close-ups. The gear splines showed no obvious signs of wear, but only time will tell.
I had to make a Jig to pull the thrust collars off the axle drive shafts, plenty of heat was needed along with a 25mm bolt to wind the shaft out.
New bearings and oils seals are easy to change, once the thrust collars are removed.
A couple of shots showing the brake calipers being stripped down, they look more complicated than they are. The main piston bores were OK so full overhaul kits was sufficient to re-build them.
A couple of shots showing the diff & brake assemblies after a good clean up and re-paint.
The disc were in pretty good shape, just surface rust to clean off. Brake pipes to finish on the left caliper as pictured then it can go back in the car.