Tonight I had to clean shop. It seems you do a little job here, a little job there, here, there, and soon every bloody tool, welder, grinder that you have is out. Then you’re sidling past things, it gets annoying, and in some cases is going to cause you to hurt yourself. So I spent 45 minutes putting things away, taking out old cardboard, sweeping, and cleaning some oiled up tools from the rear gear pull last night. Shop looks decent once again and I’m not so ashamed when visitors step in to see what’s happening in my workspace.
As a note, clean up times do not get totaled into my hours. I have had people actually ask me that! I may do things slowly but I try to be as honest with my time as I can. I’m still learning.
Afterwards I dug into the parts shed, which by some miracle is actually pretty organized, and pulled out the ‘62 rear gear. I can’t believe it but I pulled that rear gear over 5 years ago from an old farmer just south of town who let me at that old c10. I pulled the pinion nut and the pinion and of course the yoke was wrapped up with packed grass/hayfrom driving in the fields at some point. I pressed out the seal and bearing. The seal was in rough shape but the surrounding areas look pretty good. I also disassembled the other components in preparation for a deep clean. This will also enable me to deep clean the outer housing without fear of contaminating the bearings. Things went well tonight.
Frame: 18
Sheet: 3
Box: 20
Total: 41
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