Day 22 – Cleaning the Front Beam, Final Before Paint

Ok, so I quit fooling with the torsion bars and started working on the front. Time to take off the front shocks and sand down the rest of the front beam. I pulled off the broken rubber. Incidentally, not my first time. Alright, with the shock out of the way I can now get in there with a wire wheel and clean it all up. I went up to Home Depot and purchased a few different sizes of wire brush heads (Avanti Pro Crimped Wire Wheel, Avanti Pro End Brush, Avanti Pro Wire Cup Brush). I bought a few sizes just to make sure I had all that I needed.

Wait, I forgot…gotta remove all this built on crud first. Okay, all cleaned up! Here’s a couple different views of that. Next, I put a plastic trash bag over the front rails and proceeded to spray the Rustoleum automotive primer.

Next, I moved on to pulling out the shock on the passenger side. I put both shock bolts side-by-side in this next photo to show you that the threads are badly damaged on the passenger side bolt. This will have to be re-threaded or possibly even replaced. Always check your hardware when doing a project like this, that way these types of problems can be properly dealt with accordingly.

With the passenger side shock removed, I can now begin to pick away all the grease and road grime. Okay, got a lot of that stuff off now. Time to spray some primer on that side. Lastly, I sprayed a couple of quick coats of yellow Rustoleum gloss protective enamel on both king pins. I’ll come back and spray the orange and red later.

 

 

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