fitting new sombrero .

Here is a pic of a badly rotten crosmember carrier,there was a build up of silt which was holding moisture causing rot.

My best option was to cut it all out,

After I welded a new plate I poistioned the new somberaro in place and then drilled a series of holes,

I then welded through the holes and plug welded them,

After I cleaned up after the welds I sprayed a coat of galvanise again to help prevent rust.

rebuild of front hub assembly.

Normally here there would be a cork ring as a seal but they were rotten,

Here is the hub just before I fitted the bearings,

I had to drill out the rivits so as to remove the disc from the hub.

I decided to use a drink can for the spacers as it was nice and thin,

I purchased a wad punch set for when I'll be doing the run out on the brake discs,

More goodies recieved.

Refurbishment of steering rag joint.

 Finished the spraying of the rag joint parts,

Here it is all re-assembled again,

Firstly I sand blasted and dismantled and re-blasted the steering rag joint,

Disassembly,Refurbishment and reassembly of trailing arms.

Firstly I removed the half shaft.

Once the half shaft was removed I started to disassemble the trailing arm assy.

Here I removed the drive spindle.

Next was the e-brake shoes,

I removed the spacers,

Then I removed the bearing with a puller,

When I was removing the u-joint it bent in the ears on the flange so I used threaded bar to spread it apart to where it was supposed to be,

Once it was back to shape I drilled and tapped a steel plate,then bolted the flange to it before fitting the new u-joint.

Now the new u-joint is fitted,

After sand blasting and priming I sprayed the final coat on each of the parts,

After sand blasting and painting I fitted the new seal and Timken taper bearings,

Before fitting the bearing shells I thuroughly cleaned out the housing,

Here the first shell is fitted,

Here I was pressing in the first shell,

The origional trailing arms were far too gone to re-use so I ordered these in from a place in Texas @ a great price,

Now re-assembly can begin,

The grease I used is a lithium complex,

After fitting some of the stainless steel E-brake kit I then fitted the shield,

Here I packed the taper bearing with grease,

To make assembly easier I put the brake shoes together before fitting them,

Now the brake shoes are fitted,

Once I had the bearing greased I re-fitted the spacers, 

Here I am re-inserting the spindle with the last taper bearing,

Here the dust shield is fitted,

Finally I torqued the spindle nut and fitted a cotter/split pin,

Now I have two complete trailing arms,