21-04-2021, 08:01 AM
I've got an entire rear axle and torque tube that I'm bringing back to life for a new lego build. It is Feb 1927 from the case.
It has two coats of paint which I'm cleaning back around the edges of castings, and i've removed all the set screws on the casing to renew the lock washers (they were all bent over the casing edge!) and get the bolts back to clean metal for a thin coat of black paint. The halfshaft ends are all clean/threads ok so I suspect its just been stored for 60 years.
I'm in mind of something Ruairidh said to me when I got my first Seven about not disassembling too far when you just initially want to get it running (I still think about this practically daily) but exactly how far is common sense with getting an axle back into service? Everything moves ok. But of course it's all accessible now. I'm just wondering whether I should check shims or anything... or get it rolling in a chassis first and and then await noises before doing anything?
It has two coats of paint which I'm cleaning back around the edges of castings, and i've removed all the set screws on the casing to renew the lock washers (they were all bent over the casing edge!) and get the bolts back to clean metal for a thin coat of black paint. The halfshaft ends are all clean/threads ok so I suspect its just been stored for 60 years.
I'm in mind of something Ruairidh said to me when I got my first Seven about not disassembling too far when you just initially want to get it running (I still think about this practically daily) but exactly how far is common sense with getting an axle back into service? Everything moves ok. But of course it's all accessible now. I'm just wondering whether I should check shims or anything... or get it rolling in a chassis first and and then await noises before doing anything?