HOLY FREGGIN CRAP!!!
What a long day. SO,,,, much to my surprise the new shiny lug wheel studs I ordered don't work ($30.00 for 12.) As a result, I had to go the the junk yard this morning and pull the hub housing off and get the wheel studs out. The poor 83 in there was about to be crushed. Gary at John's Auto Wreckers held it for me so I could get them out. Thanks Gary you rock!!!
It took me 2 hours to get that muddy, rusted, bent, axle apart. It was a total nightmare but I got the studs out. Here is the deal- The aftermarket, NAPA, Rockauto, Kragen, lug wheel studs are bigger and will not go in the rotor and rotor hub housing. If you are going to replace the studs on an 81 - 83 you have to use OEM or you will pound your new rotor into oblivion trying to get them in. I have made mistakes like this too many times so instead of whaling on my new rotor I had to find out what was up. A friend of mine had seen this before and told me exactly what to do. "You will have to pony up to buy new ones at the dealer." I decided to hit up the JY first. I was lucky.
I finally got the housing and hub together and got things painted up.
This is the way the stud should look in the hub housing (this is OEM)
This is the way the aftermarket ones sit. I didn't keep one of those but this pic shows how they sit. No way in hell they were going in that hole.
Finally got them together.
old calipers rebuilt and painted sitting on my porch drying in the hot sun!
Steering arms painted. Kind of a cool color. Matches my porch chair. That is self etching primer. Soon they will be satin black.
Crap all set up ready to go in...
more tomorrow
made my own backing plate eliminator spacers. I cut out the center of the dust shield :guitar:
also cut the brake line brackets out to weld on the SA
Calipers painted with caliper paint and NEW PADS IN THERE :banger:
Sweet Jesus! Almost painted! One more coat and that is it :hillbill:
You gotta love my redneck shop- crappy porch chair for my axle stand and other crappy porch chair and 4" x 4" piece of scrap wood for my paint drying room!
Now that is hillbilly!!
Close, so close
Todays carnage
My Harbor Freight grinder couldn't keep up RIP
new grinder
Sawzalled
smooth
Getting smoother
SO SMOOTH
Looks like a grenade went off under my truck
Cut these in all the excitement
Ready for the hangin
Looks like something out of a Kubrick movie
Marlins beefy seals finally showed up. I had to yank the old ones to do some more welding.
My hillbill seal driver!! The Outlaw Josey Whales on in the background
in and ready
Birfs in and knuckle packed
Spindle on and nuts torqued
hub on
Spindle nut torqued
cat came by to make sure I am doing things right
All good in there
hub on and snap ring in
hub on!!
My cat thinks I am totally crazy. lol
A 1983 complete rebuilt SA, Aussie with 4.88's :banger:
Yes that is my living room. I am a TOTAL redneck
