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Rear axle assembly restarted

After finishing the restoration of the fuel tank and related parts, I restarted the assembly of the rear axle which had been interrupted since summer holiday.  The first work was the assembly of the parking-drum brake.  It took little time to set the spring on the brake shoe.

At first I tried the following method, “to make the ring with a tie wrap, then to pull the spring with it”, which was taught from my friend.


It worked well with the smaller spring.  But when I tried it with the bigger spring, the tie wrap was broken out.  Probably the tie wrap was too narrow.

After trying several methods, I used the vice grip.  Grab the spring with the vice grip, pulled it with a full power and succeeded to set the spring.



I also painted the splash shield for the disc brakes.


Next would be the assembly of the rear axle hub bearing that was I struggled to remove.
I hoped the assembly would be easier…


(My original blog was written on 2nd Nov. 2008)
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