Re: Henry's 55 Constellation
Posted by Cli55er On 2009/2/2 0:37:54
it's weekend update with Hank Greene....
worked on putting the rear diff together again and painting the trailing arms. got the trailing arms painted in their final state and put the o-seal on the rear diff and mounted it in the carrier housing. put in the driver's side axle and put in the new outer seal in the outer seal plate. cleaned up the shims and the outer seal plate. i like using the sand blaster to clean them up quick (except the shims) and then used the bench grinder brush wheel to polish the metal and what i call "seal" it from then undesirables
mounted the new solenoids. must say they are a great replacement and cheap to boot. 15 bucks a piece, not bad
mounted everything together on the solenoids and painted them with Plast-id plasticized paint. i will have to say it actually looks better than what i had before LOL! i then noticed that the wiring harness seemed to be rubbing in places when i was working on the solenoid setup, so i put the wire loom protection on. i think it looks better and will actually protect the wiring better in the future....you never know what those freaking pests will get in there and eat up the wiring. we have a field near our house..so i have lots of bait out as they have already eaten part of the wiring harness on my z3...(repaired, luckily) used wire ties to hold it on and i must say it looks pretty sweet! 
i also tested the system and it works 100%....also HH you will get a good laugh out of the fact that i was testing the old system the wrong way, i reread the manual and i was not testing per the manual....i tried the way i was doing it with the old ones on the new ones and they sill only clicked....so i knew it was something i was doing. i looked in the manual and sure enough i was not doing it right...DANG! i feel stupid! 
oh well..it works now. goes both ways and the limit switch works perfectly now. the solenoids do touch in the middle there, but it was not enough to impede operation and mounting.
BigKev...what was the part number on the outside seals that came in your kit. mine were different from the ones that were originally in there (they were replacements and not O.E i think.) national seal old and new ones, but different part numbers. the new ones were a very tight fit over the axle end. the inside diameter was bigger on the older one that i took off. so i am worried that it will rub down and not work. just wondered what your part number was.
well, until next time, this has been weekend update with Hank Greene. enjoy the pics and have a great tomorrow.
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worked on putting the rear diff together again and painting the trailing arms. got the trailing arms painted in their final state and put the o-seal on the rear diff and mounted it in the carrier housing. put in the driver's side axle and put in the new outer seal in the outer seal plate. cleaned up the shims and the outer seal plate. i like using the sand blaster to clean them up quick (except the shims) and then used the bench grinder brush wheel to polish the metal and what i call "seal" it from then undesirables
mounted the new solenoids. must say they are a great replacement and cheap to boot. 15 bucks a piece, not bad
mounted everything together on the solenoids and painted them with Plast-id plasticized paint. i will have to say it actually looks better than what i had before LOL! i then noticed that the wiring harness seemed to be rubbing in places when i was working on the solenoid setup, so i put the wire loom protection on. i think it looks better and will actually protect the wiring better in the future....you never know what those freaking pests will get in there and eat up the wiring. we have a field near our house..so i have lots of bait out as they have already eaten part of the wiring harness on my z3...(repaired, luckily) used wire ties to hold it on and i must say it looks pretty sweet! i also tested the system and it works 100%....also HH you will get a good laugh out of the fact that i was testing the old system the wrong way, i reread the manual and i was not testing per the manual....i tried the way i was doing it with the old ones on the new ones and they sill only clicked....so i knew it was something i was doing. i looked in the manual and sure enough i was not doing it right...DANG! i feel stupid! oh well..it works now. goes both ways and the limit switch works perfectly now. the solenoids do touch in the middle there, but it was not enough to impede operation and mounting.BigKev...what was the part number on the outside seals that came in your kit. mine were different from the ones that were originally in there (they were replacements and not O.E i think.) national seal old and new ones, but different part numbers. the new ones were a very tight fit over the axle end. the inside diameter was bigger on the older one that i took off. so i am worried that it will rub down and not work. just wondered what your part number was.
well, until next time, this has been weekend update with Hank Greene. enjoy the pics and have a great tomorrow.
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