Ken G's Journal

I have continued to work on the rear axel and leaf springs. I cleaned up the axel and painted in with a rust proof primer and then rustoleum black. We will see how wears in the next few months. The first set of springs is sanded down and primed. I hope to have both sets of completed by this weekend and ready for reassembly.

The springs were in pretty bad shape, completely rusted together and with the bushings rusted into the rings. I'm cleaning them and will reinstall the originals and see how they work or if I will need to replace them.

The biggest problem I have had so far is the rear sway bar. The bolts are rusted to the inner sleeve of bushings and I've been unable to remove them. I also attempted to cut them out and wasn't really able to get at them with the car on jack stands. So for now I'm going to leave them as is until I get the car on a proper hoist and cut them out.

Overall I'm pretty happy with the progress to date.