Tag Archives: rear hubs

19/9/2018

First coat of black on drive hubs.  Red oxide applied to nearside rear hub.  Vactan applied to offside rear hub after wirebrushing and degreasing.

Cleaned and stripped remaining enamel from AEC hub badges.  Primed and sprayed silver (rims left in chrome) ready for blue and red infill.

Started to remove panelling above offside rear wheel aperture, most screws just pull out as the frame is totally rotten.  Bulges in the body work discovered to be caused by heavily corroded steel flitch plates at frame joints.  This sequence of photos shows how the rubber infill is fitted above the mudguard and how the curve at the bottom of the bodywork is achieved.

20180919_162807  towards the front

20180919_162754  towards the rear

20180919_162726  The flat edge of the rubber is against the panel (half round beading fitted over) and the lip abuts the mudguard.

20180919_162404 shaped blocks are used at the bottom of the verticals.

 

17/9/2018

Only able to work for a few hours today but finished cleaning and stripping the drive hubs and gave them both a coat of Vactan.  Preparation for refitting included sanding off raised burrs around the bolt holes and cleaning out the grooves on the periphery of the mating surface.

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