diff strap and throttle boot

[ramsesosirus]

Well Spent last night getting the crossmember out. One of the bolts was nearly frozen, I swore I was going to shear it but I got it out OK.

Tomorrow I will borrow a 17mm wrench from work to get the mount off.

The rubber had separated on the bottom.

THe strap on top of the diff looks OK, but is there something I can spray on it to preserve/protect the rubber while I'm at it?

These are NLA, can I possibly use like a leather belt up there???

I also have a new throttle boot and see that the accelerator side has threads for the ball to come off; Does the ball just pop off of the stud??

Just pull it off??

Dont want to break anything...

Hopefully this fixes my clunk, if not I'll get the mustache bar bushings, which I plan to get anyways.

Thanks!

[Bonzi Lon]

The balls do just pop off. I used a pair of needle nose plyers and gently pushed/twisted the ball off of the socket. You will have to remove one ball to get the boot on, IIRC there is a stop nut on the interior side, so mark its position. A little lube on the boot helps with instalation, same with the ball & socket.

Bonzi Lon

[sblake01]

The differential arrestor strap can look 'okay' but be stretched. That's how mine was when I replaced it; looked good but had too much play due to age. They were available when I bought mine in 1999. Don't know what could be used as an alternative but I really don't think leather would hold up.