It took two days due to the incredible heat and humidity limiting how much time I felt like spending outside, but I did get the brakes completely removed and the first coat of POR15 on a majority of the axle. I received my puller early last week, and it sure make a huge difference having an appropriately sized tool. The two that I had borrowed from my father-in-law were far too small to fit around my studs. After lubing the center screw, mounting pulling arms and center body, and getting the anvil wrench on, I went to town pounding. It only…
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Since I didn’t get my puller in time to pull the hubs this weekend, the Jeep work became more cleanup work than anything else. I finally cut off the rear tube that was maybe supposed to be a flag holder so that the frame would sit evenly while upside down on the stands. Since it was upside down, I pulled off the 4 axle bumpers from the frame. It’s an unfortunate reality that many vintage Jeep frames have extreme rust where the axle bumpers meet the frame. In what is sure to be one of the few times where I…
1 CommentAfter finding out late last night (when the temp outside finally hit a “cool” 88˚) that the puller I was able to borrow from my father in law wasn’t going to work, I was a little bummed. I’ll have to order one online in order to keep working on the axle, hopefully I’ll have it delivered before next weekend. This morning (again when the temp outside was a cool 80˚ at 7am) my dad came over to get the flywheel from his 1955 Chevy Pickup sand blasted. Since I was going to do some blasting, I think it ended up…
Comments closedIn what seemed like a near eternity between the last time I was able to work on Ike, I finally got the rear axle up on the bench to start cleaning it up. After scraping about a pound of grease and dirt from the differential housing and axle tubes, I opened up the differential cover. After talking to a local driveline shop, I decided that at least the rear end would be well within my ability level to get going again. The guy basically said that when I open the thing up, it will be pretty obvious if I need…
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