Keeping it in the family ...

[Silver]

Nice. Scotty's little black insertion tool :-) I bet your other rattle gun sockets are nervous now!

The last seal that give me troubles was the large seal that goes on the inside of the hub, after the inner wheel bearing goes in, on Bob's ute. Rocked and rolled out of the way as it was tapped in and generally give me the irrits :-). Not helped by being towards the end of a longish day, and topped off by a trip to buy another new replacement because I twisted the first one :-)

And did I see a nice shiny new parts washer? Ah, the smell of deodorised kerosene, and the gently splatter of the well worn parts washer brush.

Shows the wisdom in choosing the new place. Nice to have a floor and a roof, and the ability to just pull the door down at work's end for the day.

[DX grunt]

I hope Liam's gunna re-paint it white? PML

[Bigrig]

Nice. Scotty's little black insertion tool :-) I bet your other rattle gun sockets are nervous now!

The last seal that give me troubles was the large seal that goes on the inside of the hub, after the inner wheel bearing goes in, on Bob's ute. Rocked and rolled out of the way as it was tapped in and generally give me the irrits :-). Not helped by being towards the end of a longish day, and topped off by a trip to buy another new replacement because I twisted the first one :-)

And did I see a nice shiny new parts washer? Ah, the smell of deodorised kerosene, and the gently splatter of the well worn parts washer brush.

Shows the wisdom in choosing the new place. Nice to have a floor and a roof, and the ability to just pull the door down at work's end for the day.

Thanks mate - and not deodorised kerosene ... straight solvent that stinks and gives it a real workshop smell !!! lol

Yep, not overly patient with oil seals, but alas it's for a purpose so I'll persevere and hopefully I can patent the tool and make my money back!!!! lmao

[macca]

Great project, great read and enjoying the pics too. And what a workshop, so much space.

Enjoying following this thread,

Cheers Macca

[Bigrig]

Seriously, knock up one of those oil seal tools yourself if you're ever doing them!!! Outstanding!!!

Knocked straight in, no kinks, no mis-shaping.

Going to make a cup style die that sits over the top of the original for the larger rear seals.

Anyone in brissy ever doing their seals, you know where there's a tool to make the job a breeze!

Here tis with the 4" extension in it ..

[Bigrig]

Anyone got some tips and tricks for removing the bearing from the stub axle housing (I think that's what it's called!! lol)?? Got the seal off no drama, but having a time of it with the bearing itself (the smaller single faced roller bearing on the removable housing --- I really should take a picture hey??!! lol).

Yep, I'll go take a picture ....

[GUtsy ute]

A pic would help!!LOL

[Bigrig]

A pic would help!!LOL

Hahaha - everyone's a bloody comedian!! lol

This one be what I mean ...

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[Bigrig]

And what's all this extra stuff for????

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Lmfao!!

[Bigrig]

Pressed the new swivel hub bearings on also in preparation for putting the front end back together ..

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And found the only bits of rust in the chassis on the weekend under the spare tyre rail/carrier, so removed it, ground the rust out, treated it with Fertan, and made a plate to cover the nastiness (other side already tacked on).

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Should be an awesome unit for the young fella once it's fully cleaned up and given a nice new coat of paint etc.