YODA 88 62
SILVER Star
I’ve done two or three rebuilds. The last one was much quicker. It started with a good soak of engine degreaser l. Then hit it hard with a pressure washer. Did my best to get the majority of the grease off using the water. Then scraped and picked the as much grease as I could off before disassembly.So is this something that you will do once in a lifetime kind of thing?
I’m no pro, but I have most of the right tools for the job. Took me about 4 hours to tear down the first one and get it cleaned up enough that I could reassemble if looks didn’t matter. Second one took just a little more than an hour to tear down.
Now, I’m in the deep cleaning phase, because I’m going to paint everything and make it look new before I reassemble it.
Here’s my timeline.
Day 1: An evening of learning and wallowing in grease as I tear down the first one.
Day 2: go to the store for more rubber cloves, paper towels and a gallon size tub of grease…. Tear down the second side with remarkable ease, now that I know how it’s done. Clean, clean, clean. Mask and paint.
Day 3: assembly and celebration (hopefully. Ask me tomorrow)
I also painted the knuckles with several coats of rustoleum to make life easier for the wipers.
It’s a full filing process. Especially when you get good at the birfield snap ring and knocking the cone washers out.