Front axle.

mick the builder · Jul 3, 2016

I havent bothered updating my rebuild thread cause not much has happed apart fron new brake lines and painting chassis but today i decided i would take the front axle outside the shed and power wash it ready for painting. Fook me, i didnt realise how heavy they are. Managed to roll it onto a home made creeper which lasted all of 12 ft. Snapped into 3 bits going down the small step outside the garage. Me and the missus then struggled trying to get it back in with the help of an electric winch. Rub down, coat of hamerite then back on. i might start the thread up again at that point.

Al2O3 · Jul 3, 2016

mick the builder said:
I havent bothered updating my rebuild thread cause not much has happed apart fron new brake lines and painting chassis but today i decided i would take the front axle outside the shed and power wash it ready for painting. Fook me, i didnt realise how heavy they are. Managed to roll it onto a home made creeper which lasted all of 12 ft. Snapped into 3 bits going down the small step outside the garage. Me and the missus then struggled trying to get it back in with the help of an electric winch. Rub down, coat of hamerite then back on. i might start the thread up again at that point.

Brings back memories of lifting mine on to the axle stands

Use plenty of elbow grease, Mick. I spent, what I thought was, ages on mine. After the rubbing them down, I treated them with rust treatment, then painted with Rustoleum. The front one started to break through before I even got it back on the road.

Shot blasting would have been a better option.

boguing · Jul 3, 2016

I've got a skateboard that my Son bought for a fiver at a school fair fourteen years ago. It's had a 19j engine, gearbox and transfer boxes together, axles and heavy furniture. Just won't break.

IamRobbie · Jul 4, 2016

boguing said:
I've got a skateboard that my Son bought for a fiver at a school fair fourteen years ago. It's had a 19j engine, gearbox and transfer boxes together, axles and heavy furniture. Just won't break.

Until the next time you use it now lol

mick the builder · Jul 4, 2016

Al2O3 said:
Brings back memories of lifting mine on to the axle stands
Use plenty of elbow grease, Mick. I spent, what I thought was, ages on mine. After the rubbing them down, I treated them with rust treatment, then painted with Rustoleum. The front one started to break through before I even got it back on the road. Shot blasting would have been a better option.

I used rustolium for the back half of the chassis and even though its in a shed, rust started to break through so i went back to hamerite. Mines been undersealed at some stage and where its still on, its great but as rust has appeared on the missing areas , i'll have to strip it all. Its like a brittle rubber, if that makes sense.

gse1986 · Jul 5, 2016

They're ridiculously heavy. When I moved mine onto the new chassis, the rear axle was OK as the wheels stayed in a straight line, but the front I ended up taking off swivels and reassembling under the new chassis. It turned what could have been a 10 minute job Into a good few hours

boguing · Jul 5, 2016

I've been lugging just the bare front tube around today and that must be 25Kg.

Al2O3 · Jul 5, 2016

mick the builder said:
I used rustolium for the back half of the chassis and even though its in a shed, rust started to break through so i went back to hamerite. Mines been undersealed at some stage and where its still on, its great but as rust has appeared on the missing areas , i'll have to strip it all. Its like a brittle rubber, if that makes sense.

That's interesting about the Rustoleum. I thought it was just me!

Bennehboy · Jul 5, 2016

I got mine shot blasted.

In terms of weight they're much easier to manage with the diffs removed.

I had an old ikea wardrobe bottom board with casters that I was using to move mine around when swapping them back on the car, and it broke when doing the front, made it a bit of a mare but I got there in the end. Aldi are selling creepers and trolley boards at the moment that look substantial and are not too costly.

Lot's of pictures in my vehicle thread - linked in sig.

cowasaki · Jul 6, 2016

Scary, I'm doing mine at the moment. Just building the replacement

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