Re: Rear end seals

Posted by Ken_P On 2011/6/26 8:13:27

Thanks to everyone for all the thoughts. I appreciate all the thoughts, concerns, and opinions. I am still planning on sandblasting the rear end however. It will be fully assembled, with doubled duct tape and cloth over the pinion. I will also seal the axle vent and the bolt hole for the brake line distribution manifold tightly and instruct the sandblaster to avoid getting too close to those areas.

I'm sandblasting the rear end because it has a heavy layer of surface rust and scale, and I don't see any other way of getting it all removed. I could spend a month with a wire wheel, and I don't think it would get all the rust off. The frame is restored, so I don't want to half-ass putting the rear end back together.