1. I took my new to me flywheel to my local machine shop to surface. Should be ready early next week.
2. This is dangerous so I'm not recommending it but it certainly sucked less than doing it by hand. I chucked my new drag link balls into my drill press and put some valve lapping compound on the cups and lapped them in. They are much more smooth now.
I noticed that the new drag link rebuild kit needed a little machining to fit properly. I turned down the safety plug from 0.510" to 0.475" which is the same diameter as the old one. I also chamfered the edge so that it would drop into the recess. I then turned down a poly bushing to keep the safety pin centered in the spring but wouldn't keep the spring from compressing.
3. I pressed the new drag link balls into the third arm and pitman arm. I still need to put the pins through the castle nuts but that's simple.
My brake hardware kit is supposed to be in on Monday.
