Day 9 Bleeding the brakes and greasing the chassis

Hello,

Not a lot of excitement here today,  I will offer a retraction of one of my criticisms of aftermarket parts.  I found the 'D' washers and rivets in a bag with the pipes.  This is a really good thing because the old 'D' washers didn't match up with the new pipes and I would have been drilling them out to make them work.

The other thing I found, or rather didn't find were the 2 grease zerks on the lower fulcrum arm on the inside.  The passenger side had them so what happened to the drivers side zerks?  Weird!  

I was able to bleed the rear brakes without removing the front shock on either side, access is pretty limited to the bleeder nipple but still doable.


The new Ball Joints in all their glory
One of the missing zerks, fortunately I had some in my supplies and after cleaning the area off got them installed, the big question in my mind is Why?

The Passenger side had them

Today I had hoped to get the pipes installed or at least started but bleeding the brakes and greasing the car took more time than I thought.  It just takes time to do this stuff right and on a car that is new to me takes time.

That's it for this week, stay well all!

Cheers,

Lynn


4 hrs

 

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  1. Drew ScherzAugust 16, 2020 at 6:50 PM

    It seems to be standard that the rear suspension on an E-Type is long overdue for greasing and, like you found, missing something important to the process. The rear suspension on my 67 has always felt acceptable, but new grease in all the proper areas sure made it seem to be excellent. BTW, what grease did you use?

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    1. LynnGAugust 18, 2020 at 5:23 PM

      Hi Drew,
      I used Sta Bil high temp red grease.
      Cheers,
      Lynn

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