Just worth posting for those yet to experience the thrill that is an 80 front axle rebuild. It's like Christmas morning, you unwrap layer by layer until you get to the surprise in the middle. Or in this case, exactly what you'd expected because it's the same as every other 80 you've worked on.
This sort of evidence tells you there's trouble ahead.
I'm guessing they didn't have a 54mm socket then? Still nice that they'd managed to do them finger tight, eh?
I'm not an expert, oh no, but I'm sure that there's supposed to be some greasy stuff packed in here?
It might be what's caused this -
and this shocking corrosion ..
Never mind, with some love and care it's now looking like this -
And the graveyard bucket is filling up nicely
If you have been affected by this and other threads then please call maintenancecrimestoppers on 8428 62789 (thats nasty) and pledge £3 per month to stop this happening to other poor vehicles.
This sort of evidence tells you there's trouble ahead.
I'm guessing they didn't have a 54mm socket then? Still nice that they'd managed to do them finger tight, eh?
I'm not an expert, oh no, but I'm sure that there's supposed to be some greasy stuff packed in here?
It might be what's caused this -
and this shocking corrosion ..
Never mind, with some love and care it's now looking like this -
And the graveyard bucket is filling up nicely
If you have been affected by this and other threads then please call maintenancecrimestoppers on 8428 62789 (thats nasty) and pledge £3 per month to stop this happening to other poor vehicles.