Two weeks ago Walt took my lightened flywheel, rebuilt pressure plate, and counterweighted crankshaft to North Wilkesboro to be balanced. Here are the pics with the new ring gear and crank gear covered to prevent dings in shipment. Hopefully we will be able to get them this week so I can start the engine re-assembly.
Ready to balance.
Next is the correct rear spring assembly after removing the three leaves that didn't belong and cutting a new dummy leaf for the bottom leaf. All were stripped, sanded, relieved on the corners, primed and painted. They will be assembled one at the time when the differential goes in just like they came apart due to the large amount of tension on this spring.
Next is the correct rear spring assembly after removing the three leaves that didn't belong and cutting a new dummy leaf for the bottom leaf. All were stripped, sanded, relieved on the corners, primed and painted. They will be assembled one at the time when the differential goes in just like they came apart due to the large amount of tension on this spring.
Correct rear spring leaves.
After cleaning and trueing the differential housing and axle housings I bolted it all together without gaskets after painting the gears to see what kind of pattern mesh we had. Without gaskets the bearings and gears should mesh so tight they lock up the rear end. Well, that didn't happen. It was so loose that it spun freely after torqueing all the bolts. In fact there should have been a nice pattern on the gears in the paint where they meshed together. It was so loose that the gears barely touched each other and made no pattern at all on the teeth. So, I will have to remove the bearings on either side and order steel shims to place under them to mesh the gears correctly until they show a pattern. Then the pattern can be adjusted with the housing gaskets to get the correct gear lash. With any luck at all I can get a quiet rear end that will last for many more miles.
Pinion gear.
Ring gear.
The last pic is the differential I bought in Charlotte to rob parts from. I got all the bolts loose, axle nuts off, brake shoes and emergency shoes loose and the brake drums freely rotating. However the drums still refuse to turn loose from the axles. I have a puller keeping tension on them and soak them every day in Kroil but so far still stuck. I am sure with time they will slide right off and I can see what shape the parts I need are in.
The last pic is the differential I bought in Charlotte to rob parts from. I got all the bolts loose, axle nuts off, brake shoes and emergency shoes loose and the brake drums freely rotating. However the drums still refuse to turn loose from the axles. I have a puller keeping tension on them and soak them every day in Kroil but so far still stuck. I am sure with time they will slide right off and I can see what shape the parts I need are in.
Drum removal in progress.
Next time, pics of the block with new hardened valve seats. Steve
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