Also started to clean up the rear axle with the grinder and a wire cup brush... found the 43/8= 5.38 gear ratio tag too and a few things that I cannot figure out.
Anyone know what the screw is threaded into the axletube on the far left? Just curious about the band too that is on the far right near the joining of the tube and the diff housing.
So, here I am clearing away clods of 50 year old grease and dirt and these bubbles appear. One is on the top right and the other is on the bottom left of the diff housing. They look like a bubble in a weld that the grinding uncovered. I don't think that they go through the housing. At least I don't think that I could have done it with over zealous grinding.
Lots more cleaning to go before I paint. My 5 year old was fascinated with watching the gears turn when I removed the cover. He thought that they were really "cool!"
In other news, the front springs are toast... after wasting time on them and deciding to just try and replace the hardware both sides of the main leaf eye holes splintered off as the original bushings had worn completely through and the shackles continued eating into the leaf... Luckily a friend of mine is giving me his old springs! Got a crazy expensive quote for re-arching... 135 bucks... apiece! may as well buy new springs at that rate!
I also finished painting the draw bar in that spell of nice 60 weather we had a few weeks back and I'm hoping for a rolling (driveable?) chassis by this fall... keep your fingers crossed!
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Been working on my rear end just today and I saw those same little bubbles. like some weird piece popped off while i was cleaning it. Did you ever figure it out?
Chris, sorry, just found your comment. Yes, I did figure it out. I was told that they were leftover debris from the rosette welds used to attach the axle tubes to the housing. Just some leftover evidence of the factory work. I filled mine in with a bit of JB Weld in some of the deeper pockets to prevent dirt and rust from forming in them.
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