Work
continued on the winter project this week.
The first
thing that had to get done was to remove the tapered skirt (or displacement unit
cone) from the shaft. It was soaked with Aerokroil for three days and then hammered
apart. Once the cone was separated, I went searching for the other cone for the
other side of the car. I found it still inside the displacer unit. I have heard
horror stories of folks who ruined their hydrolastic rubbers by forcing the
cones out. Therefore, my decision was to leave it in.
Both
struts cleaned up great! I placed their respective roller joint feet by them as
a reference for myself later. The same "feet" (and all the parts in a rebuild kit) are used for the front
control arms, which are pricey but still available. I have decided to paint the struts since
they seem to rust easily.
Then my attention
turned to arm number 2 which was equally as rusty as number 1.
Notice that
the drum brake hub is red…both of them are. I do not know if that is an
original color or if they were replaced at one time. I will decide what color to
paint them later. I would like to keep them as original as possible. What color
are your 1100 rear drums?
Number 2
was not as much of a struggle as number 1. I brought the whole assembly up to
John’s to use his hub puller and other tools that my
tool box lacks. After an hour and a quarter, number 2 was stripped. And the rusty bits soaked overnight…
And were
taken out, polished and/or painted…wash, rinse, repeat…
Notice
that both arms still have the pivot shafts stuck in them (bottom of the picture). Before they get
cleaned and painted, the shafts will need to be extracted since the bearings
are completely ruined and the races are frozen onto them.
And, the
roller joint foot seats are a rusty mess.
I hope to at least get them stripped out and
cleaned this week.
Next post I
hope we will be painting and reassembling both trailing arms. I would like to
finish this project so I can move along to the next…cleaning up the hydrolastic
displacement units.
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
