Got a little bit done this week. I welded on the gas pedal mount, and battery hold down pieces, and welded the beam back together. Also drilled out and re-tapped one of the beam mounting bolt holes. It's all ready for powdercoat now. I'll drop it off Monday since I'll already have the trailer hooked up... suppose to be bringing home another project if everything works out...
I blasted/painted the old spindle carriers and painted the new spindles and calipers last night so they'd be dry for today. I worked on assembling the spindles today but didn't get as far as I wanted... The new drop spindles are machined a little shorter so they needed a thicker thrust washer, which I didn't have. I called the local VW parts hoarder to see if he had any, he said: "yeah I have a box of them, come on over". So I go check his washers and none of them are thick enough. I ended up downsizing the OD of some old link pin shims I had to come up with the correct clearance.
The thrust washer.
One spindle/brake assembly finished (minus the spindle nut, the new ones were made wrong). I'll try to get the other side put together tomorrow evening.
Sneak peak.
