Here are a couple of pictures of the rear calipers from the LSD I took off the GSL-SE parts car I bought. Can you tell which one has been restored?

Now I'm working on the axle housing itself. It's going to take a while because it's really rusty...just like the caliper that hasn't been restored. The problem is, the areas I've sandblasted start rusting again right away. I'm going to try to get all the sandblasting down as quick as I can (probably a couple of weeks), then just before I'm ready to start painting it I'll hit it with the sandblaster again to remove the new rust, then get it painted as quick as possible.

Rich

 

yea, the gsl rears I have had to be blasted and painted, but I know what you mean, sand blasting a part taht big take so much time its hard to get all the little spaces and like you said it starts to rust right away. what kind of paint are you using? Looks good btw.

 

Nice, good job.

Wanna do mine next? It needs it.

 

very thorough Rich, nice work

 

Thanks 82transam...I'm using Eastwood's Extreme Chassis Black.

http://www.eastwoodco.com/shopping/p...roductID=14351

Rich

 

are they gonna stay black?
btw thats a really nice job

 

thats nice! factory correct color is a gold cad plate, but black is much much better than rust and it would look better behind some nice rims

 

Man that is sexy, nice work

 

Nice job Rich! Down to the new bolts and bleeder screw. I likes alot!
Did that boot come with the rebuilt kit or did you just clean it?
Looks great! I'll be sure to look you up when I take off the ones on my GSL-SE parts car.

I'm going to borrow a sandblasting booth to do all my SE suspension parts, so the rust issue is a good thing to know, thanks!

 

Good work. That's is how mine looked when I did them. I don't own a sandblaster, so I did not sandblast them, just used a rust bonding primer after a good wire brush scrubbing. I hope it's good enough. Did you get that e-brake kit from Victoria-British?

 

Rich - have you thought about using POR15? It has to be brushed on, but its self-leveling (ie brush strokes self-fill) to leave a nice smooth surface, and the stuff is REALLY bullet proof, unlike staright paint - plus, the rust that pops back up after you sand blast is a GOOD thing for POR because it likes a mildly rusted (ie rough) surface to bond to. I have brush applied POR to several undercarriage parts (and intend to do my LDS too) and they have stood up as new to road wear down there.
Stu Aull
80GS
Alaska

 

This soudns like the exact thing I wanna do with my lsd next week. Where did you get the rebuild kit? What did it include and how much did you pay?Or did you just take everything aparts and put new stuff on without putting new seals on?

Did you find it easy to do? I'll post pics up somtime next week to show some progress

 

Thanks Kim - The boot came in a kit from BlackDragonAuto.com

http://blackdragonauto.com/icatalog/rx/0073.html

And the bolts and bleeder screw are not new. I sandblasted them then "polished" them with a wire wheel chucked into the drill press. I'll spray them with Eastwood's Diamond Clear for bare metal...I used a ton of that stuff when I restored my MGB and all the hardware still looks nice.

Rich

 

Thanks Buffumguy1 - I used your thread about the parking brake mechanism tohelp me. Yes, I got the e-brake kit from Victoria-British (well, actually BlackDragonAuto).

Rich

 

Hi Stu - Yea, I've given this some thought. I was planning on using something (I was thinking of using Eastwood's Rust Encapsulator) on the parts that I can't get to with the sandblaster, like inside the suspension mount brackets. But I think I might have to give the POR15 a try...sounds like just the thing I need. I've read about it before but have never tried it. Thanks!

Rich

 

drool...

 

I got the caliper kit from RockAuto.com (I don't remember the price, but it isn't much), and I got the parking brake kit from BlackDragonAuto.com ($19.95). They include the necessary seals and dust covers, and the parking brake kit also included the grease you need for inside the boot. Most of it is easy to do, but working with the parking brake assembly is a bit of a bitch. I borrowed a tool from AutoZone to re-install the piston (it threads onto the parking brake adjusting screw).

By the way, the caliper kit included 2 o-rings, one bigger than the other. I had no idea what they were for so I didn't use them...any ideas?

I found it interesting that whoever rebuilt them the last time had installed the parking brake boots backwards. There is an L and an R on them and they had the L on the right side and the R on the left side.

Rich

 

I'm sending you all of my stuff man. Very nice work!

 

If you remove the Ebrake assembly from the caliper, you will find one O-ring (IRCC), I had a caliper that was leaking at the ebrake and could not find the correct size O-ring to fix the problem.

 

Yea, the e-brake kit including that o-ring, for the shaft of the e-brake adjusting bolt. But the caliper kit had two o-rings in it too and I have no idea what they are for.

Rich

 

I used that o-ring from the blackdragon kit on the adjusting bolt. It fit fine for me.

 

i wonder if you could use like rino lining on one?

 

I like it alot! now i just wish i had some thing to work on!

 

I finally finished sandblasting, painting, and rebuilding the other caliper. There have been several questions in other threads about how to compress the parking brake adjusting screw enough to be able to reinstall the parking brake lever. I thought I'd show how I did it. It's just a couple of "L" brackets bolted together. The ends of this assembly are placed on the round spring washers on the parking brake screw, then a clamp is used to compress the springs. It's still not real easy, but a lot easier than the first one I did.

Rich

 

Very nice work Rich. But i would not expect anything less from you. At rotaryfest i picked up a older copy of Rxtuner. There is a pretty good article on a rotary powered 76 MG Midget. If you want me to take pic's of the article i could email then to you. Pm me if your interested.
A.J.