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With the axle disassembled in the previous installment of this project, it is now time to start putting things back together with fresh parts as needed.

One surprise that we encountered during the tear-down of the axle was a significant amount of debris; namely, there was a lot of dirt inside the axle. Yet, the internals were in good shape, so we do not believe that the axle was operated with contamination. Our guess is that either it came from a flood car (not exactly a stretch, considering last year's events), or was submerged at some point during the salvage process.

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Autoblog Project Garage: Axle swap, Part II originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 20 Sep 2006 12:56:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Here's a great example of a project that has undergone a bit of "feature creep". Oh, it started innocently enough, with my wife asking if anything could be done to improve the brake feel of our 1996 Buick Roadmaster. Sure, I said - we can ditch the rear drum brakes, and install a set of discs from either an Impala SS or a Caprice 9C1 (the infamous "cop car" version). That task would be easy to pull off in an afternoon or two.

About five minutes of searching on eBay turned up a complete set of used Impala brakes, but our $200 maximum bid wasn't enough to secure the parts. A little more browsing turned up a complete used Impala SS axle, with 90-day warranty, for $349. That'd allow us to upgrade the Roadmaster's extra tall 2.56:1 rear gears with the Impala's somewhat more reasonable 3.08 gears, and if the used axle's limited slip still functioned properly after 86,000 miles, it could replace the absolutely shot Auburn that wasn't doing a damn thing to keep both of the Buick's rear tires spinning together. A click on the Buy It Now button, a bit of correspondence, and the axle was on its way to a local shipping depot.

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Autoblog Project Garage: Axle swap, Part I originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 15 Aug 2006 12:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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With our transmission project on hold while we await the arrival of some parts, it was finally time to open up the large and heavy (81 pounds!) box of Kore3 brake parts that showed up on our doorstep about a month ago. We covered the selection process in Part I, and now it's time to dive in and see exactly what we received.

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The Autoblog Project Garage: Big-brake install, Part II originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 14:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In the first half of this particular write-up, we showed the basic process of replacing the front rotors and pads on a VW Jetta. Now we'll go ahead and hit the rear brakes, since the car is already up in the air and we're already covered up to our elbows in grease and brake fluid. We'll also go through the process of flushing out the old fluid and bleeding the brakes, since this car was far overdue for that task.

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Autoblog Maintenance 201: Brake pad replacement, Part II originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 15:04:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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