That is all very cool stuff. The Bonneville Special was always such a cool design. Feel free to sway off topic with any of that stuff.
The old driveshaft paint rings. In this case 3.42 differential so Orange, Blue, Brown (OBN for the code). Guys are saying to send this to Quanta for a reburbish.
274318 7.529 All F-- (8.900) BOLT, front eye (1/2''-- 20 x 5'') 2 1967 1974 7-23
The eye bushings were not coming out easy so I went with a little heat. Made sure I was outside and did it over a metal bucket with a bunch of ash in the bottom to catch the molten rubber.
Just a little bit of black smoke (hehehe) as I let them burn...
And burn some more...
Until it burned all the rubber out...
I used an old screwdriver to push molten rubber out occasionally to give it a fresh surface to burn.
Then I used my reciprocating saw to cut a slice through right where the loop comes back around on itself. Then chiseled the rest inward until it got small enough to slide out.
Voila!!
For the other side: Lather, rinse, repeat.