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Thanks for the positive comments! Have to say the swivel bolts were a pain at first but as soon as the grinder and chisel came off they were no problem at all to be honest, defineyly a recommended way of removing them, getting it covered in mud will be the best bit, luckily have access to ramps...

Dads an electrician who is mainly self taught so he helps a lot, uncle owns his own business as a lorry mechanic so we're just using his garage for space really :)

Thanks for the comment :) Blast pot is just a cheap Chinese one I believe, roughly £80 off flea bay, however have found that to get decent results its all about the compressor you couple it up too, hope this helps :)

The hub is now completely removed Then took the hub to the parts cleaner to clean the oil out, these are yet another part that will be cleaned up and sent for galvanising Now its time to remove the swivel, this was a bit more reluctant so resulted to chopping the heads down and...

So now you will be left with the stub axles to remove Removed the stub axle and what do we find? axle oil! pretty sure there is normally a seal between the half shaft and swivel so that grease in the swivel stays separate to oil in the axle casing The half shaft can now be removed...

Right so now the front axle, this ones a very long post I must add, but a good start for anyone else wanting to attempt their own axle rebuild. Before starting this axle most people said it was best to scrap it, debated this myself to be fair, it was rotten too hell, the callipers looked like...

So decided we would carry on with the axles today and see how much we could get tackled, started off the morning by replacing the rear axle diff pan with a new one too stop any more of those leaks, spoken too soon maybe? ;) First off we removed the diff, nice easy job to start the day...

It was Bob yes, very nice bloke :)

Haha easy things to forget, especially when we never took any off of ours in the first place!

So had a trip out to Paddocks today to try and collect as much bits and pieces that we need, luckily for us everything was in stock, also met a nice guy there who served us who was willing to help us out with anything we forgot or need to send back as he lives local, saving us an hour or so trip...

Not Dropped them off yet no, axles are taking longer than expected so may even be up to a couple of weeks before I have everything ready to take, will let you know before I go :)

Managed to get hold of a cheap pair of CSW side panels today, hmm maybe there will be a CSW conversion in the making.. one of the first parts we finished but never added a picture of is the fuel tank, was pretty happy with how it came out and very happy no holes were found in the...

Well if you ever need anything of a substantial size blasting I can always try and help out the the best I can, everything I've blasted so far has gone alright

Thanks! The galvanising is being done by two different places, one being a local spin galvanisers in Yorkshire because we know people who do runs there, and one place is in Chesterfield, can't remember the name of the top of my head but it is £150+VAT per ton of items you take, as for the blast...

So as promised got some more blasting done on the axle today, didn't manage to complete it mind as there was some pretty tough corrosion sitting there, makeshift blast hut is surprisingly useful too! :D So as mentioned yesterday there was a pinhole in the diff pan, I blocked this up with...

Yes they can be a nightmare! Mine has lived on a farm from new, meaning it's been covered in crap all the time and never been cleaned!

So pulled the engine out of the chassis and set to one side, the chassis was then moved out with the forklift truck, this wasn't as easy as it should of been with access being minimal due to a tipper with no engine being in the way, hence the dodgy angle of the chassis coming out ;) once...

So didn't manage to put an update up on Saturday as didn't get chance to do anything with the landrover, however the callipers are well on their way to being another finished part ready to go back on the vehicle, Just to show how far these have come here is the calliper before we did any work...

Reason for sale is because they're not +2 front turrets, they're just standard height but when I purchased them I was led to believe they were +2

So managed to carry on with the landrover today, started off by removing the last calliper that we left yesterday as it was such a struggle, got it off using allsorts of methods, ended up having to remove studs from the calliper where the bolt had been cut, thought this would be a nightmare but...