The samba comes home

 

Lelle rang me up and said he was coming over to pick up his westy and take it to Rainiers

and when he got done with that early morning mission he helped me out by picking up the samba ; )

Peka  Thanks for the paint!

 

chestnut brown

 

 

Building up the rear hubs, bearings and brakes

This is how I installed the rear hub, dry run.

No longer need these two spacer bearings that were on the old rear "short axle" set up.

installed the greased bearing

offered up the backing plate

laid the paper gasket in position, I will use gasket sealant all over this on the final go.

fitted large o ring

here is the large o ring in position and spacer pushed on for trial fit

parts and tools

flat washer next

then small o ring

spacer with con-caved end towards o ring

seal in carrier, greased

pushed home

fit carrier and bolt down

another washer

fitting hub to see how things are

build up the brake shoes

This is a dry run to check clearances and allow the bus to be moved into the paint booth and on to a trailer. soon its coming home, where it will be stripped down again before the final fitting.