After getting my hands on a snad blaster to clean all the suspension parts I have given up again. I had 2 suppliers who ordered me sand media for the blaster but neother delivered.

So on a pissed off day before Chrismas I decided that I’ll do it the old fashoned way and wire brush it. Yes it will take longer but at least I’ll be making progress. I started with the front axle assembly. Its cleaned and primered but I have to remove the old bearings before I do anything else with it. I don’t have it to have nice clean shiney paint and end up distroying it while cheaning out the remainingg grease in the axle tubes.

Next problem is to decide what to replace the bearings with.

Option 1 – Replace bearings with new bearings and inner shims
Option 2 – Replace outer bearings with rubber or poly bushes.
Option 3 – Replace outer bearings and inner shims with full lenght poly bushes.

I suppose time will tell whats the best option