Hi All
Sorry for the gap in posts, work has been continuing on the Supervan, so carrying on from the last post I did, now the chassis is back, I started refurbing all the running gear, starting off with the rear suspension components...
All of the rear leaf springs, brackets and shackles have been cleaned up and painted...
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Next up was the rear axle, this has had a complete strip down with all new sills and home made gaskets as these aren't available, to start with was to get all the years of gunk off it ...
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this is what i had after cleaning ...
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then it was all stripped ...
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and cleaned ...
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New gaskets hand made...
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then the axle was put all back together with new sills and outer bearings, then a good wire brushing...
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then painting...
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this was all then fitted to the chassis along with new Gaz rear shocks ...
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All the other axle components have also been refurbed and all new brakes fitted ...
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I then moved onto the front A frame, this was all galvanised and powdercoated with the chassis but all the components that go on it had to be refurbed, a new king pin was fitted too...
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this was then fitted to the chassis along with a coil over adjustable front Gaz shock...
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All new brakes and refurbed drum fitted ...
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Finally its rolling again ! ... (ignore the manky wheels)
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thats it for now peeps, il have another update with all the brake pipes home made and fitted soon
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