The attention to detail always blows me away.
Video description:
In this video I'm fully restoring the complete rear axle, except the differential. I took the full assembly off the car in the teardown in episode 1. At first it looked like a quick and easy job, but after seeing all the parts after disassembly I knew this might take a little longer. I decided to go with a classic finish and paint them all in matt black. Almost all parts made of steel have been yellow zinc plated by a local company. This is a very good rust protection. On top of that Mister Patina powder coated the parts, this is a double protection and these parts should never ever rust again.
I'm also installing adjustable coilovers by KW in the rear. These came with the classic KW colors yellow and purple. This color scheme looks really cool, but it doesn't fit so well with the classic car. Luckily they also offer these parts in black with their so called „Classic Line“.
The rear sway bar was an aftermarket one. Its links were put together by a bunch of pieces. I decided to remake them in the same style as the original ones in the front. Doing that I was able to reuse the jig I made for the front axle for bending the special washers and also making the nylon lock nuts.
The drums from the brake looked really bad at first. A broken fin and damage on almost all edges. With a bit of TIG welding from my friend material was quickly added back and brought back to shape with some hand files. New brake shoes, brake cylinder and new springs and the rear brake is in perfect condition again. You may ask why I haven't done a disc conversion. Simply because the original brakes are quite good if adjusted well and since I'm keeping the engine pretty much stock, better brakes are not really needed. I also really like the look of the drum brakes.
The half-shafts were a little project on their own. The two sliding pieces were not zinc plated, because the plating would change the tolerances of the inside and may cause problems.
In this video I restored everything except the differential. This and the complete reassembly of the rear axle back to the car will come in episode 8 next week.
The attention to detail always blows me away.
Video description:
>In this video I'm fully restoring the complete rear axle, except the differential. I took the full assembly off the car in the teardown in episode 1. At first it looked like a quick and easy job, but after seeing all the parts after disassembly I knew this might take a little longer. I decided to go with a classic finish and paint them all in matt black. Almost all parts made of steel have been yellow zinc plated by a local company. This is a very good rust protection. On top of that Mister Patina powder coated the parts, this is a double protection and these parts should never ever rust again.
I'm also installing adjustable coilovers by KW in the rear. These came with the classic KW colors yellow and purple. This color scheme looks really cool, but it doesn't fit so well with the classic car. Luckily they also offer these parts in black with their so called „Classic Line“.
The rear sway bar was an aftermarket one. Its links were put together by a bunch of pieces. I decided to remake them in the same style as the original ones in the front. Doing that I was able to reuse the jig I made for the front axle for bending the special washers and also making the nylon lock nuts.
The drums from the brake looked really bad at first. A broken fin and damage on almost all edges. With a bit of TIG welding from my friend material was quickly added back and brought back to shape with some hand files. New brake shoes, brake cylinder and new springs and the rear brake is in perfect condition again. You may ask why I haven't done a disc conversion. Simply because the original brakes are quite good if adjusted well and since I'm keeping the engine pretty much stock, better brakes are not really needed. I also really like the look of the drum brakes.
The half-shafts were a little project on their own. The two sliding pieces were not zinc plated, because the plating would change the tolerances of the inside and may cause problems.
In this video I restored everything except the differential. This and the complete reassembly of the rear axle back to the car will come in episode 8 next week.
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