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Old 02-06-2021, 07:35 PM   #31
Wiekser
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Re: 1972 C20 -Airride conversion-

Plumbed the lines for the rear bags.
I put a thick rubber hose around the airline for protection.
The last thing I want is a airline leak while driving.


I also filled the rear diff with oil, but after standing a couple of days I discovered a leak:


So I knew it needed some new seals.
took it all apart, cleaned it up and painted it.
installed new seals and installed all new brakes.
Also found a little rust spot on one of the rollers in the bearring.
decided it was better to change them out so the rust doesn't eat into the axle shaft.



installed the brakes completely wrong the first time


After some research it went together the right way


Painted the drums with heat resistant paint, wich you're supposed to bake afterwards. Did that sort of


everything installed


Decided to do soft lines on the axle. secured it with stainless zipties. also put a piece of hose around for protection.




Cleaned the front calipers, installed all new seals and gave it a nice layer of paint.

than installed them on the rusty bracket


for the park/emergency brake i couldn't use the original cable setup, because of the air tanks. So i decided to go with an electric actuator.
So made brackets for the cables

and y-ed them together to the actuator




In the meantime of all this, I got the driveshaft lenghtened by an inch by the local drive shaft shop. And installed a new seal in the transmission tail housing.
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