Here are some more pictures of work in progress.
This is the new ball cups. Obviously a change made by Steyr.
new vs old
Parts I have sand blasted and am cleaning up
sand blasted e-brake stuff for the re-furbish I am doing on it.
Cleaned diff halves at mating surfaces.
A bit tricky to put the halves back together, seal them with a sealant, leave slightly cracked, install o-rings, grease and slide in grease wiper/seal + rubber stopper. I decided to not change out the ball cups since these are in good condition.
Yes I know, I am missing a few washers.
new seal and o-ring for the front flange.
I still need to clean the bottom half of the housing where it mates to the tube.
this went on very easy, tapped it on with my hand. Red locktight on the splines.
since the e-brake housing is alloy I painted it with some aluminum paint.
the tail cone re-freshed
more witches hat rebuild
I paid attention when I took this apart, it is tricky to get apart and back together. But if you do it right not to tough.
locktight on the splines and new snap rings.
It has to go in this order before putting into the housing, no other way to really do it. I found it easiest to put the big snap ring into the groove from the inside not the outside of the housing. I have big huge long snap ring pliers though.
all new o-rings, springs, ect.
rebuilt...
Just about ready to put the witches hat on the back of the diff and then start on the e-brake rebuild.
In my opinion, the best sealant you can get.