8.8 swap
I figure i wont bore anybody else with anymore details on this thread except to say it came out great. Everythings nice and straight I have a few things i will put on here as i go along that some of you may need to know, or want to duplicate. If you want to follow along with the rest of this see my resto thread 67,68,69 cuda dilemma about page 4-6.
For now i have one last thing you might want to know about. I found this as i pulled the E brakes apart to redo. The lever arms the cables attach to were rusted frozen to the pivot pins. I had to put them in a vise, apply wd40 and work them back and forth to work them loose with an adjustable wrench on them. Once apart all 4 pieces took a trip to the sandblaster. Ince out of the blaster i tested them. They now pivot freely again.
I taped off the pins and coated the parts with epoxy primer. Will paint the lever arms silver. The pivot pins i will likely lube up with either Aeroshell 22 multi temp grease or some graphite dry film lubricant to keep them from rusting solid again. The rubber boots on the levers are probably to keep water out of this area. However the truck this axle came off of may have spent years going through high water, and never having the parking brake used. Thus was the result.
I figure i wont bore anybody else with anymore details on this thread except to say it came out great. Everythings nice and straight I have a few things i will put on here as i go along that some of you may need to know, or want to duplicate. If you want to follow along with the rest of this see my resto thread 67,68,69 cuda dilemma about page 4-6.
For now i have one last thing you might want to know about. I found this as i pulled the E brakes apart to redo. The lever arms the cables attach to were rusted frozen to the pivot pins. I had to put them in a vise, apply wd40 and work them back and forth to work them loose with an adjustable wrench on them. Once apart all 4 pieces took a trip to the sandblaster. Ince out of the blaster i tested them. They now pivot freely again.
I taped off the pins and coated the parts with epoxy primer. Will paint the lever arms silver. The pivot pins i will likely lube up with either Aeroshell 22 multi temp grease or some graphite dry film lubricant to keep them from rusting solid again. The rubber boots on the levers are probably to keep water out of this area. However the truck this axle came off of may have spent years going through high water, and never having the parking brake used. Thus was the result.