[165th]

Originally Posted by Brad Pringle

I see 165th used wire brush. is there a disadvantage to sand blasting the leaf springs?
by the way your springs look great!

Thanks Brad. Sand blasting is fine if you have access to it. My blaster is across town, and you have to drop off, then return to pick up a day or so later, so I traded elbow grease for the convenience of blasting them. Blast away, but even more reason to need primer, to fill the profile left by the blast media.

[Bentwheelbob]

Greg - Those springs look great. Where did you get your stencils? Did you make them or are they available somewhere?

[165th]

Hi Bob, thanks for the compliments. The stencils are commonly found from the Hobby store. Size doesn't matter too much I don't think. Attached are a couple of examples of original stenciled numbers on springs compliments of one of my previous resto's and NJ Steve's springs on the white TA he used to own. The yellowed stencil is significantly smaller than the white one.

The PL and PJ stickers are home made. I'll be glad to send you a set if you'd like.

Attached is a pic of another set I recently finished. I've chose to put the painted stencil in a location towards the rear of the spring that can be a little easier to see when looking in the wheel well just behind the rear tire. It's a little darker and harder to see I think when placed in the front portion of the spring. Not sure if that makes sense.

Side note, this is my first post with large embedded pics included in the post. Thank you to JohnTA1 who recently posted the instructions of how to do this. So much fun!

[Mezzo]

Originally Posted by 165th

Hi Bob, thanks for the compliments. The stencils are commonly found from the Hobby store. Size doesn't matter too much I don't think. Attached are a couple of examples of original stenciled numbers on springs compliments of one of my previous resto's and NJ Steve's springs on the white TA he used to own. The yellowed stencil is significantly smaller than the white one.

The PL and PJ stickers are home made. I'll be glad to send you a set if you'd like.

Attached is a pic of another set I recently finished. I've chose to put the painted stencil in a location towards the rear of the spring that can be a little easier to see when looking in the wheel well just behind the rear tire. It's a little darker and harder to see I think when placed in the front portion of the spring. Not sure if that makes sense.

Side note, this is my first post with large embedded pics included in the post. Thank you to JohnTA1 who recently posted the instructions of how to do this. So much fun!

Did you use the same OER high solid silver on the axle and brake drums? If so where was it purchased?

[165th]

Originally Posted by Mezzo

Did you use the same OER high solid silver on the axle and brake drums? If so where was it purchased?

Call me crazy, it's ok, I've been dealing with these demons for years, but I've always been of the mindset that if the 'Shades of Gray' vary for the different parts, there is a greater character and depth to the completed unit that makes it interesting to look at when taken in with the rest of the underside. I'm certainly not advocating that these particular shades represent the exact color of a bare steel tube or cast iron part or annealed flat bar spring, but it does in my opinion give the assembly character, while being easy to maintain at this level.

The picture in the previous post of the CM-G rear with the assembled springs did have brighter drums originally but I changed that to more of a cast color later, and is now more like these examples of a GY-G rear end.

With that said:

Primer is Tempo A702 Zinc Phosphate primer. Need lots of light coats. No heavy coats or it will never dry... unless you can fit the part in your wife's oven. Found at your local aviation parts house or online.

To get rid of the surface pitting on the steel tubes, glaze coat and/or Evercoat high build primer, sanded smooth

Steel tubes: Seymour Stainless Steel 16-054

Cast iron pumpkin: Eastwood Spray Gray

Brake backing plates: Eastwood Brake Gray

Brake drums: Bill Hirsch Cast Iron High heat primer.... Cooked in the oven for curing and maximum spousal anxiety.

Leaf Springs: OER High solids silver K89580 from Classic Industries or probably found online too.

Polished off with some custom made decals correct for the application and some Quanta inspection paint replicated paint daubs from known original examples.

I hope some of this information is helpful.

[165th]

Here's the result of a rear end I did a few years ago to give you an idea how it looks installed.