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I was give two parts cars, one with Getrag five speed and the corresponding rear end. One of the hubs was bent since the car had slid into a curb. I tried removing the bearing from the axle with the bent hub. Man, what a pain. My guess is it really can't be done without a press. I'll bring it over to a friend's to pop it out. I want the bearing retaining plate to use as a hole pattern for caliper brackets.
I'm totally cleaning the tranny and differential/ axle case. I'll media blast the trainling arms and pop in new bushings, including those on the diff case. I got some great condition axles on Ebay; cleaned them up and painted the hubs. The bearings are good. I'll media blast the springs and paint them too. I bought new shocks ( Gaz adjustable ) on Ebay.
Clutch and pressure plate are near new. Putting in new throwout bearing though.
I put a new shifter bushing kit on the tranny, and am getting new mounts for the tranny and the shifter extension. Had to have a drive shaft made. Didn't want to use the two piece with the funky rubber center mount.
My goal is to restore everything before putting it together. Any thoughts on what I may have forgotten? I want to simply pluck out the old system and pop in the " new ". Winter project in Vermont!
Joyous Holidays to you,
Norm Vandal