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No I’ve not started assembly yet. Last time, I used the old hub and a new leather seal. I think I may I’ve distorted the metal seal shell which then rubbed on the hub. I’ve now got the upgraded hub with a flange and the newer rubber seal so hopefully that’ll make the grinding a thing of the...

I couldn’t do anything else during that race!! Mind blowing. Slightly unpleasant taste to the end but well done to Max. So… yes it’s a Salisbury and I am not changing the bearings so will use the lower given torque settings (15-30ft/lbs). The manual does seem to suggest with the seal in place.

Can anyone see confirm this is the case?? It’s not what I had thought.

So I’m back home and have all the parts ready for fitting the diff pinion and preload. I have some thoughts about getting the initial setting - can someone confirm my logic? The original crush sleeve is almost exactly 2mm shorter than the uncrushed one, and the length of the sleeve is what is...

Ooooohhhh :-( I bet that seal won’t come out easily without destroying it.

So tonight I started to reassemble the diff pinion and it’s not going well. New crush sleeve, oil seal, oil thrower washer and seal gasket. Cleaned everything up and put the pinion in. As soon as the flange is down onto the oil seal the pinion is rubbing on something. I’ve not tightened it down...

Made up and fitted new brake pipes for the back end today. Quite therapeutic.

Well, I’m committed now I guess.

Don’t suppose anyone has an old gash pinion flange/hub from a salisbury axle I could have? I want to make a locking tool to do the nut up with. Don’t care about the splines, just meet the plate with the 4 holes to save me machining one. Possibly the output from the transfer would do as well...

I was looking this morning. The torque is only 3nm at the top end and most of those available say 3nm to 40 or something. I was hoping to find a smaller one but I guess beggars can’t be choosers.

So I’ve made a boo boo and taken the nut off the Salisbury pinion without marking it. I’m happy to fit a new crush sleeve but I don’t have a suitable dial torque indicator to accurately set the pre load. Can I machine a non crushing sleeve to the exact same length? Or where can I get a cheap low...

Bit of work on the repair today. The patch plate is cut and ready and the rust has been treated inside the crossmember. Hopefully can get the plate on tomorrow.

Glad it made you chuckle. I could make a right angle, but the hole needs filling from the outside anyhow. Also, there’s the remains of the old weld which is going to be a bugger to get completely flat for a fold to sit against. The scalloped ends of the plate are what’s on the original, so...

Do you just weld the cardboard straight in, or is there another step??

Can you circle that so I know exactly where you mean? Is that the tube through the cross member?

Like this?

Haha it was early and we were both in a bit of a rush so no biscuits this time. Do you think I need to weld up the top of the chassis rail? It’s pretty inaccessible unless I remove more good stuff. I don’t think the chassis rails themselves were originally fixed to the Crossmember, just these...

Well I’ve uncovered the extent of the rust. The chassis rail end has a bit of rot on one side only, and the cross member bracket was shot so it’s now gone to reveal the damage. No I need to try and repair it…. Thanks to @lynall for coming to take a look this morning.

Damn I knew it was all going too well. Cut out a small hole in the rear crossmember and it turned into a much bigger problem. looks like the end of the left chassis rail is on the way out where it meets the crossmember. Can this be plated without removing the crossmember?? It may be beyond me...

That’s the terrafirma off the list then :-) Mind you, I’m not going for a 5” lift…