So here we go with the job ive been DREADING! tackling the rust removal on all of the rear end components.
First thing i done before tackling any nuts and bolts was to give them a liberal soaking with WD-40 to try and make life a little easier and im glad to say it worked a treat.
As you can see from the video tearing down the subframe is a piece of cake, hubs off , remove the diff, flip it over and remove the lateral arms bish bash bosh done!
Now that everything is in component form it was time to remove all the worn bushes and that is the main reason i took the complete rear end out was to get all all the bushes, they are easily removed with the use of a press and after nearly 30 bushes were pressed out i was ready for the next stage.
Most of the parts were too big for my blasting cabinet so i decided to go a slightly expensive but very effective route, first i removed all of the heavy rust with the help of my needle scaler then i built an mdf box big enough to hold all the parts and then filled it with boiling water and DEOX C and left it for a day to eat its way through all the rust and when i came back to it as you can see by the video all the parts were beautify clean and ready for a coat of primer to stop them flash rusting while i was doing the repairs.
There weren't too many repair to be done, a few new brackets needed fabricating and a couple of support plates on the underside of the subframe needed plating and welding but apart from that all the parts are in good condition and still very strong.
I then etch primed the repairs and gave all the coats a good few coats of high build primer and a high solid 2k gloss black to protect the parts from rusting again for years to come. Now as i said in the video im not concerned about the rust pitting on the parts as they wont be seen and this isn't a restoration project i am simply getting the car back up to a suitable standard to go back on the road and for it to last for many years to come so please don't bombard me with comments about the pitting i left.
While the paint was drying i made a start on zinc plating all the old fasteners that i could re-use, obviously any damaged bolts will not be re used but any in good condition will be perfect to use again when re plated and dont forget im a thrifty Scotsman so every penny saved and all that jazz ;) haha.
After the plating that was everything done for this episode so i present the final shots and bid you a farewell till next time :)
so anyway Enjoy and please leave a like and comment if you enjoyed this video :)
See you all again soon
RRC
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A little History
The project in question is the engine bay in my 94 Subaru Impreza WRX. As i can be heard saying in the intro of this video i love impreza's and i wanted a rust free one as all the UK ones suffer from lots of rust issues so in 2004 i imported this car from Japan and it was totally rust free when it arrived all those years ago. It has a couple of blisters here and there now but thats to be expected when living in Scotland.
Anyway im getting off track, I was having lots of fun driving the car at full boost everywhere until 2014 when the thought popped into my head " lets go for more power" so i took the engine out and begun the process of having it all upgraded, better gaskets, race bearings, forged pistons, con rods etc etc then life got in the way and the engine was put to the side and the car was stored in a shed for the past 5 years.
The initial condition of the car looks horrifying but its only a thick layer of dust and crud on it and there is a good layer of carnuaba wax separating all the crud from the paint so a quick pressure wash and she'll be looking good again .
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