Preservation of a 68 Camaro

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Moving forward and down the axle.  Also added to the batch of brake parts etc.

Photos 918 - 919 - Exaporust flowing further down the tube and part of the pumpkin and brake parts.  Brake parts were still wet from the Rust Veto I use for preserving.  Once dry it will not have a shine adder.

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This one will be much like the majority of photos (boring).  E-brake cables and diff brake lines after derustification & preserving using a mix of RPM & Rust Veto from a gal can.  Process is the same as I did the leaf springs.  Heat the part up with a heat gun and then apply the mixture with a brush and then using the heat gun again to force it into all the areas and dry.

Photos 920 - 921 - Overall of e-brake cables & brake lines

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Photos 922 - 924 - Misc shots of the e-brake cables

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Photos 925 - 927 - Misc shots continued

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Photos 928 - 930 - Misc shots of brake lines

[rocco376]

Looks amazing.  Keep up the good work.

[cook_dw]

Thanks.

Nothing huge on updates as its the slow process of letting the Evaporust do its thing.  But here is some progress down the diff and the other brake components.


Photos 931 - 932 - Overalls of the Evaporust "bath"

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Photos 933 - 934 - Cont.

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Photo 935 - Brake components

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Photo 936 - Action shot of Evapo

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Diff cleaning and preserving is now complete.  Installed pinion races and carrier bearings (not pictured and previously axle bearings and seals).  Once I get the inner pinion bearing installed I will start the reassembly process.  I've decided to go with the solid pinion sleeve and I'll walk through how I set it up etc once the time comes. 



Photos 937 - 938 - Diff during the heating and coating of Cosmoline Rust Veto & RPM (Rust Preventative Magic).  I heated the differential with a heat gun and applied the mixture with a paint brush and kept heat on it while it cured and leveled out. 

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Photos 939 - 940 - Cont.

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Photos 941 - 942  - Center section and the casting date now revealed.  C 21 8

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Photos 943 - 944 - Perches and their markings of LH and RH

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Pinion bearing installed.  I removed the old one with a Dremel tool and metal cut off wheel (or you can use an air cut off; I used E-Z lock wheels), a hammer and chisel.  Also note the pinion shim thickness.  Since I have changed gears I reused the old shim for a starting point.  For this setup it was a 0.028" shim.  Next I threw the pinion with shim into the freezer in the frig here at work (mini frig).  Then I set the bearing up with a heat gun applied to the face side of the bearing (the point that makes contact with the shim on the pinion.  After a hour in the freezer and roughly 5 mins under the heat gun the bearing dropped right into place.  You could also do this with the carrier bearings and pinion races.  However I used a brass & steel punches to knock those into place making sure they bottomed out.

Photo 945 - Pinion with bearing & shim installed

Photo 946 - I did get a little fancy with the stand and thermal imaging camera and magnets but you get the idea.