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| What a stinkin' mess! I can't believe this is only a couple of years of sitting around! I had to bust out the angle grinder and chew off all the bolt heads (all eight on the diff flanges) to get them off the car. |
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The one on the left was as it came off the car. After a complete strip down, the normal routine of degreasing, wire-wheeling, Extending, sanding and painting ran their normal course. They got all new inner and outer bearings and seals in the hubs, and new stainless steel flex brake lines. |
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The solid brake lines on the backplate were painted gold and a cap added to protect the bleed screw of the hydraulic cylinder. I like to put the 'stock' plastic protection coil, back over top the new stainless steel flexible brake lines just to add a bit of protection. Amazingly the original brake shoes and drums were in excellent shape. |
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So the new set I had purchased for the rebuild will stay on the shelf for now as spares. It looks like the drums had been turned, just before the car was 'parked'. I use hi temperature engine paint on the brake drums and back plates, while the rest of the metal work simply gets glossy black Rustoleum. |
If you quite can't place you finger on it, but something looks funny about the hydraulic cylinders... no you haven't lost it. Yes, these are those funky self adjusting rear brakes. |
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...stay tuned... |
hub pulling and bearing replacement |
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