Upgrades for the coming season

[Awl_TEQ]

No pics of the diff going into the housing. It was awkward and real tricky to get the copper tube into the housing undamaged. There just isn't much room. I ran the tube around the gear as shown in the ARB instructions. I'm going to see if I can borrow a video scope just to put my mind at ease.


onward

axles in gasket surface cleaned

top up birfs

and get them in

 

[Awl_TEQ]

New gasket kit from Kurt. This is a nice inexpensive kit to have around anytime you open the knuckles.






So I got the bolts in and before I tightened them I was sitting on my stool looking at this and thought "something is missing"

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Oh yeah! That!



New pads

A before shot

 

[Awl_TEQ]

remove wires

pull pins

do the reverse

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Next


Remove the two hex bolts

The only way to get the studs out. Leave the nuts on so you don't wreck the threads.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

3000 words

 

[Awl_TEQ]

the reverse

 

[Awl_TEQ]

some fresh grease in the bearing


bearing, keyed washer, inner nut, locking washer, outer nut. Follow the FSM and you can't go wrong.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

The old gaskets were good

cone washer, lock washer and nut

screwdriver to stop rotation while tightening

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Axle clip

selector


I torqued everything, bled the brakes etc.


Next! A quick fix.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Kurt had these universal boots on his website so I thought I'd try one.


Removed the joint. I use the same trick as the wheel studs. Take off the castle nut and invert it. put it back on s few threads. Hit it with the air hammer and she'll pop right off with no harm to the threads.


The poly boot fits quite nice. I was going to pop it over the body a little more but it actually has a fair bit of pressure pushing into the joint so i left it as shown. I like it.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Another view


I connected the airline at the diff and filled it with oil. Next is to re-organize the garage to pull the stock drive train and drop in the new rebuilt turbo 3B and the 5spd.

 

[tucker74]

Man - you sure are a patient fellow to clean your hands enough to get all those greasy shots I just figured out an issue I had last fall when doing my front diff swap, when do the rotors switch from 6-bolts to the hub to pressing in the wheel studs? I had ordered a set of new rotors for my '79 and they sent me the ones you have, I needed to bolt on version (bolt hole dia is smaller) ... looking good!

Tucker

 

[OGBeno]

Very nice work Kevin. Really like your attention to the small details.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Man - you sure are a patient fellow to clean your hands enough to get all those greasy shots I just figured out an issue I had last fall when doing my front diff swap, when do the rotors switch from 6-bolts to the hub to pressing in the wheel studs? I had ordered a set of new rotors for my '79 and they sent me the ones you have, I needed to bolt on version (bolt hole dia is smaller) ... looking good!

Tucker

You should see the shirt I was wearing, just wipe the grease off and grab the iphone.

I would have thought the discs changed in 79 like most other things. Perhaps you got an earlier axle in production or an axle swap early in life?

 

[tucker74]

You should see the shirt I was wearing, just wipe the grease off and grab the iphone. I would have thought the discs changed in 79 like most other things. Perhaps you got an earlier axle in production or an axle swap early in life?

It's a '79 55, all kinds of oddities at the end of production ...

Tucker

 

[Baf-fj44]

top up birfs
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Where does one get a big tub of grease like that? Is that the Moly D stuff? Castrol?


I've only found it in the little tubes and it's a different color

 

[Poser]

I would have thought the discs changed in 79 like most other things.

Wheel bearing hubs and rotors changed to the six studs and two bolts retaining the rotor to the hub in 08/80.


Looks good Kevin.

 

[Awl_TEQ]

Where does one get a big tub of grease like that? Is that the Moly D stuff? Castrol?

I've only found it in the little tubes and it's a different color

I can't recall exactly where I got that tub but it was probably Canadian Tire. I don't think its anything special, just multipurpose wheel bearing grease. I have another one that is a green color.

 

[Baf-fj44]

I can't recall exactly where I got that tub but it was probably Canadian Tire. I don't think its anything special, just multipurpose wheel bearing grease. I have another one that is a green color.

Found a big tub at NAPA. Can Tire didn't have anything but tubes and little tubs.


Man, you're getting a lot of work done. Awesome. That new drivetrain is gonna look sweet in that truck