With the frame and axle housing power coated it was time to mount the axle housing on the frame. Over the last couple of weeks I have been working up to mounting the rear differential. The first step was to reassemble the leaf springs and then clean out the axle housing. For the leaf springs there was power coating on the shackle pins that mount into the frame. I was able to carefully remove this using a dremel. For the axle housing, cleaning the sandblasting out of the housing took some persistence. There was also power coating on the face of the housing where the differential mounts that had to be removed. Again I used a dremel with various wire and abrasive wheels to do this.
