Re: HA's 52 200 Grey Ghost

Posted by Hans Ahlness On 2014/7/20 22:19:21

Had to work most of the weekend, after being gone most of the last 2 weeks. So I didn't get much done on the car, but I got to it this afternoon late for a bit. I got the inner seals out of the rear axle, they were really in there but a thorough beating with my slide hammer puller and they gave up. Too destroyed to try to measure for replacements though so I'll just order a set from K or MM with the gaskets too. Cleaned up the axle shafts and bearings, those and the races look great so I can just repack them when I put it all back together.

The front end is pretty well assembled, got my new tie rod ends (thanks Dwight!) so the steering is all together again.

Question, should I install the hubs before testing and beginning to bleed the brakes? I thought I'd like to see the shoes move just for the satisfaction of it all, but maybe it's better to have the hubs for them to push against?

I am including a pic of my cobbled-together battery setup for testing, I ran the starter enough today to get trans fluid circulating up to the cooler which is promising.

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