1951 Pontiac Chieftain

[PhilA]

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Chiseled the old bearings out.

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Hammered out flat you can see just how bad the bearing was.

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Removed the old seals, cleaned their grooves and smoothed the sealing faces with 1000 grit because they were covered in alloy corrosion and crap.

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New seals.

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All reassembled as far as I can do it for now. Needs bearings and typically one piece I missed because it was hiding under a retainer, half a wavy spring washer.
Put a request for the transmission place to send one.

I think I'll get some dry ice to put the new bearings into before putting them in place, that should help ease fitment.


Phil

[PhilA]

Running surface of the clutch okay?

I was able to clean the clutch up with a pick and some time. It's serviceable.

Phil

[Hooli]

I think I'll get some dry ice to put the new bearings into before putting them in place, that should help ease fitment.

When I rebuilt my Triumph engine I left the bearings in the freezer for a few months first, that worked well. It should have been a few days but I didn't get around it to right away.

[PhilA]

Problem with that is I have a bit of a walk from the kitchen to the garage- it's 30+C out. By the time the things get there they'll be at room temperature.

Dry ice in a styrofoam box means I can have the things in that out in the garage and just carefully pick them up with tongs and they're still really cold.


Phil

[Hooli]

True, I built that engine in the kitchen so less walking involved.

[PhilA]

Yeah, not going to be able to do that in this instance.

The closest to kitchen I'm getting is working on baking trays (which has proven to be a very good idea).

Phil

[Junkman]

Is that why they prefer to burn their food in the garden over there despite they have fitted kitchens?
I always wondered what the reason for such doing could possibly be.

[PhilA]

You can't take the hosepipe to a fitted kitchen as easily as you can the barbeque pit once you're done.

Practicality

[Hooli]

You can't take the hosepipe to a fitted kitchen as easily as you can the barbeque pit once you're done.

Practicality

Surely that depends where you put the outside tap?

[PhilA]

Requirement here is at least one.

This house has a cold one on both ends of the house and a hot+cold on the back by the deck.

Again, practical


Phil