Right, after fitting all the wishbones i had the awesome task of cleaning up the sierra parts. Joy!!
I started with the diff as i thought this was the worst looking part. Also, i knew that when it was done i could fit it straight into the mounts on the chassis.
I started cleaning it using the good ol wire brush and plenty of WD40 but then decided this was to much like hard work and bought a wire brush attachment for the electric drill. Much easier!
After the diff was all cleaned up it was ready for painting, for this i used silver caliper paint which i think worked really well!!
Although it was boring to do i am really happy with the result!
I then renewed the oil seals which i highly recommend doing before you paint the diff to avoid damaging the nice new paint like i did! Fitting the new seals was quite an easy job with the right tools. However i didn't have said tools so a screwdriver and hammer was used to get the old seals out and then the new ones were knocked into place. Simple!
Cleaning the other old sierra parts i just used the same process as i did on the diff but i used brake cleaner to remove the last of any grease/grime before painting.
I also replaced the drive shaft boots which i thought would be a pain in the arse but with help again from the locost forum i was pointed in the direction of stretchy boots. After cutting the old ones off the new ones are just stretched over a cone which is fitted to the end of the drive shaft which is a bit of a work up but easy enough. once they were on i repacked the boots with fresh grease and then fixed them into place with cable ties.
I used a similar process for the steering rack gaiters.
Steering Column.
The only things i had to do to the column was cut the ignition barrel off because i will be using one that is dash mounted and then turn down the ali cast at the top of the column ready to take the paddle shift. Then Clean up and paint it!
Now it was onto cleaning the sierra calipers. This proved quite tricky and time consuming because of all the uneven surfaces.
The rear calipers were easy as i had brand new ones to use so all they needed was a coat of red paint!
The front hubs were in quite a bad way so i had them shot blasted to speed things up a bit. I forgot to take pictures of them before they were blasted so here's the finished product.
Sunday, 14 December 2008
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