My main objective when I took the rear end out of the 1940, was to fix oil leaks. That has changed big time. I hopped that I could clean things up and install new seals and gaskets and be good to go. What was I thinking, it is a 84 year old car!
Upon inspection, it needed a lot! In the first picture you can see most of the new replacement parts for the rear end.
I don’t have a lot of big tools so when it came to pressing off and on bearings I went to see Vince at Fearless Gears Inc. He moved his shop from Fresno to Kuna a few years back. He has all the tools and expertise for working on differentials. He took care of what I needed in no time. Vince is the guy for any of you rear end needs help.
It was quite a brain twister putting that old Ford Banjo rear end together. My friend David (who moved from Reedley to Kuna a few years before me) came over and help me dialed in the free play on the pinion gear and the spacing on the axle housings. I am happy to have it together.
I still have brakes, front drive shaft, rear spring before the rear end can go back into it’s place. But! and that is a big But! there was also oil leaks under the transmission / engine. The transmission is already out and I will be doing some work to it and the engine will be coming out too! Stay tuned for more as I work my way to the front of the Forty!
