Axle making progress.
Decided to make some extra torque tube shims since my collection was depleted.
I came up with the simplest approach I could envisage. Two Ruby rear axle bearing housings bolted together and a broken 3/8 extension turned down and ground into a punch.
Works a dream
And at the propshaft end I decided to follow Terry Griffin's lead and put a lip seal in
First off, don't waste that crappy broken pinion.
I cut the remains of the gear off with an angle grinder and used the rest as a taper mandrel in the collet chuck to hold the drive flange and clean up the surface ready for a lip seal.
and then machined a recess in the brass scroll for the seal
Decided to make some extra torque tube shims since my collection was depleted.
I came up with the simplest approach I could envisage. Two Ruby rear axle bearing housings bolted together and a broken 3/8 extension turned down and ground into a punch.
Works a dream
And at the propshaft end I decided to follow Terry Griffin's lead and put a lip seal in
First off, don't waste that crappy broken pinion.
I cut the remains of the gear off with an angle grinder and used the rest as a taper mandrel in the collet chuck to hold the drive flange and clean up the surface ready for a lip seal.
and then machined a recess in the brass scroll for the seal