More Bearings; Old Shock Absorbers

Christmas cookies? Nope, just the old bearings, nuts and lock washers in a cookie tin, with the two cleaned-up outer hubs. Managed to get three out of the four outer races out of the hubs without problem, but the fourth was really wedged in there. Took a lot of strong coaxing, so much so that the shift actually flaked at the end. The hubs are now ready for a deep clean, painting where appropriate, and all-new bearings. The bearings should be arriving from Atlantic British Ltd. any time now.

Just a view of what I assume are hub oil filler ports (diagonal hex-head screw). The screw caps were so deep in red paint and rock-hard dirt that at first I never thought I'd get them to work properly, but they do now.

After the hubs are done, the next parts to be done will be the brake backing plates, followed by the swivel balls.

Just out of curiosity, I put the bearing inner races temporarily back on the stub axle, to see how things go together.

Last but not least, the old shock absorbers have been removed, as have the old rubber axle buffers. The new shock absorbers are ready to install on the new chassis, just waiting for new washers, while the backing plates on the new buffers have a few scratches I'd like to paint/seal before installation. Note the condition of some of the old rubber bushings on the old absorbers. The axle buffers are soft and spongy and falling apart. All will be disposed of.