Ford Blitz Restoration/Rebuild

Jacques Reed · #1 29-10-13, 22:47

Hi Tony,

They look good! A bit surprised about the places you had to grind to get a proper fit but then again parts even with same part numbers often have slight variations depending on manufacturers. Mine only required the yoke "surgery" to fit.

How's the gears in the xfer case by the way? No pitting of the teeth? Seventy year old gear oil seems to love to attack them just going by my diffs original crown and pinions with pits 1-2 mm deep in them.

Cheers

Phil Waterman · #2 29-10-13, 23:28

Hi Tony

Did You Assemble the Grease Fittings In Correct Alignment? I didn't even know there was a correct alignment until I had a retired British/US Army Sargent Major, take one look at mine and said they were wrong. He explained that all shafts should be assembled with all grease fitting facing in the same direction so that they could be greased more easily. Makes sense doesn't it.

Don was in the British Army before emigrating to the US and joining the US Army he then stayed on as civilian motor pool director until his retirement, he was quite the gentlemen to talk with about military vehicles.

The attached photo is from our club newsletter. As I noted in the newsletter out of 11 drive shafts I didn't have one correct. Over the years since then anytime I've had a shaft out I've tried to correct them.

Cheers Phil

PS Many of my yokes had been similarly ground and given the paint I suspect that many have always been that way.

Private_collector · #3 30-10-13, 06:43

Yeah Phil, the grease nipple was put on in the same direction the old one came off. There is a visually 'correct' way, that you can see would be easier to get at later.

Private_collector · #4 30-10-13, 13:18

Tomorrow is a very exciting day.
From 0900-1300hrs, my Son has his Defence Force Recruitment assessments.
Hope he gets offered his chosen position.

Go Bryce

Phil Waterman · #5 30-10-13, 22:20

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Originally Posted by Private_collector

Yeah Phil, the grease nipple was put on in the same direction the old one came off. There is a visually 'correct' way, that you can see would be easier to get at later.

Hi Tony

Wish I had thought of marking the old ones before taking them apart as it now stands I think I only have 6 more shafts to redo.

Keep up the great work. What are you using to blast small parts like drive shafts?

Cheers Phil

Private_collector · #6 31-10-13, 10:10

Phil,

Anything small, like the yoke ends etc..I have a medium size blasting cabinet that takes care of those. Bigger things, such as the driveshafts themselves, will go to the sandblasting company in town. If possible, I greatly prefer to do the blasting at home. That way I can.......er......how do I say this....strictly monitor quality control!

The two main halves of the transfer case have not been blasted at all. They were first scraped of gross soiling, then scoured with steel wool & petrol (gas, for you), then hit with the twisted wire cup on grinder, then scoured with turpentine and a scotchbrite pad, then I have a lay down, then any one or more of the above is done again if not yet spotless. Then, and only then, the 2 coats of etch primer that precede top coats. It was a cow of a job, now that I look back on it.

As you can probably tell, I am a tremendous fan of sandblasting. I'm never really pleased unless I see consistently colored bare metal. Dull grey is my favorite color. Even my hair is adapting so.