Brake Backing Plates; UJ's; Swivel Balls

Parts are trickling in for the axle rebuild. The new Girling brake backing plates (on the right, obviously) look great. Nice to have anodized units, but they have been around long enough that there are small rust spots here and there. Easy to clean up, however, and they'll get the rust-prevention treatment.

 Apparently the loose brake-shoe swivels were a known problem, as these new ones are welded in.

A view of the brake-pad side. As the Girling plates come with brake adjusters installed, the adjuster kits I purchased earlier will be relegated to spares. I have no idea who RECA is; these came from Rovers Down South, in New Orleans.

The new universal joints arrived recently, as well. Haven't heard of GKN before, but as they have Hardy Spicer among the companies shown on the box, plus impressive info on their website, and are listed as Hardy Spicer by LRSeries, from whom these were purchased, I imagine they are good replacements. An original Hardy Spicer uj is on the right (minus two caps), next to an outer halfshaft. The new inner halfshafts are due to arrive from Blanchards any day now.

Also received the new Timken bearings for the swivel balls. Won't be long, I hope, before everything starts getting put together.