Getting our hands dirty

The donor pallet arrived this week. We had fun removing the 225 lb rear axle from the top of the crate. We opened the crate and saw all of the parts and pieces we needed from the donor car in a pile.

Since we're most familiar with brakes and suspension, we grabbed the front and rear spindles. We ended up buying new rear brakes and new brake rotors all around, but a surprising amount of the original parts were usable. We scrubbed, degreased and painted a number of pieces.

While waiting for some brake parts to arrive, we cracked open the rear axle. This was new territory for us, so we took our time. We spent about 12 hours working in the garage and another 6 running errands for parts and tools.

Still, by quitting time today we had the rear differential rebuilt with new limited slip clutch packs installed. Will post pics of that achievement next time...