Delivery of Axles For Hub Disassembly: 30 mins
I finished applying the primer to the two rear shock absorber brackets, the remaining front steering arm and the right hand side spindle. I also coated all the rear axle hub mounting hardware and the refurbished hub grease cap. I sprayed the primer in 35 min segments-so out to the garage-spray-leave right after-set the oven timer-timer goes off-go back to the garage-move the parts to expose unpainted surfaces-spray and leave again-etc etc until 2 coats were applied. I ended up spending another hour prepping the shock absorber brackets as there were some areas I was not happy with when I did the final Metal Prep application. I also reattached the rotor bolts and repainted front wheel lugs to the front hubs-everything looks good. I also temporarily attached the adjustment mechanisms to the rear brake plates-just to see how they looked installed.
I decided to take my axles up to a suspension shop I did some previous business with. I think they are a competent shop and do lots of work on special interest cars... The hubs are not coming off easily which is a bit of a concern. Today will bring more news as to whether the overnight soak in penetrating oil will make the difference? They are recommending changing out the bearings which is probably a good idea...
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