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Refurbishment of Parts - Gearbox
& Final Drive Shafts (14th June to
1st July 03)
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Not quite finished refurbishing all the parts. Next came the
gearbox. This was a simple process of degreasing and painting.
Results as follows:
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Before |
Being Painted |
After |
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The next big job was the final drive shafts. These were dirty and
although the CV rubber boots were not split, they were on their last legs
and I really wanted the change them.
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Drive shafts before refurb |
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Now knowing that to replace with the Ford item would be a long and
difficult job, I looked for alternatives. Found some of the
universal split boots that you stick together using glue, but they were
expensive and I had heard that some had had problems with them.
Had read that a company call Rhino Rubber had some boots that you simply
stretch over the shaft ends using a special cone. Looked
Rhino up on the Internet but they only sell 'starter packs' that include
12 boots - far more than I need. However, I rang them up and
they put me in touch with a local garage that had just ordered a box and
a quick chat with them secured 4 boots with grease and tie-raps and they
let me borrow the cone and some special lubricant. Spent quite a
few hours cleaning the shafts up, painted them then spent a Saturday
afternoon putting rubbers on. Quite pleased with the results as
follows:
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Refurb drive shafts. Long job that I think
was worth it !! |
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| Just cleaned up the differential a
bit and was finally ready to start on the build. |
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