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The shock plates were in need of some TLC
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| The shock plates got a good cleaning | |||
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| And some re-threading. The thread on one was so bad it needed a 7/16-20 the other is 1/2-20 |
Then a couple of coats of Rustbullet | And finally some black paint | |
Brake calipers
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| Initially I was going to rebuld the existing calipers but factoring in powder coating it was cheaper to get re-mans | |||
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| Got the rear calipers powder coated to match the fronts | |||
Here is a 742 case carrier with a 3.23 sure-grip that I picked up for forbbodiesonly.com. It's needed some cleaning
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| My daughter was more than happy to help with the cleaning | |||
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| Old leather / New pinion Rubber Seal |
Vise Set-up | With seal removed | |
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| New pinion Rubber Seal installed | |||
I finally got around to pulling the axles, installing the center and buttoning everything up.
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The big day. Swapping out the rear ends. Since I was doing this solo I left the wheels on and rolled the old rear out from under the car. Then I moved the wheels onto the new rear and rolled that into place under the car. The Sure-grip rear didn't want to turn, making positioning it a real pain.
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| The old 7 1/4 rear. Since | The empty rear end area. | ||
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| The driveshaft before getting shortened by 2.25 in. |
The new "rolling" rear | The new 8 3/4 installed | |
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| The new 8 3/4 installed | New driveshaft. The old DS couldn't shortened as it was already sleeved internally |
Adjustable MS push rod | |
(last update 9/12/08)
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