Post Painting Assembly of Kits 1-Chassis, 2-Steering & 3-Differential

Finally got all those pieces parts painted and cured. Took a little while longer due the winter temperatures. My garage is heated, but it struggled with temperatures going to 11 degrees Fahrenheit (-12 Celsius). No real issues in the final assembly except a few nicks here and there on the paint that I will touch up later. I have acquired some stainless steel acorn nuts and other stainless steel replacement hardware. I live close to the Atlantic Ocean and just the fog and humidity will corrode any steel that is not protected or kept up. Small expense to not have to worry. The following are images showing my assembly.

Chassis with Differential Assembled.

Greasing up the thrust bearings for the steering yokes/stub axles.

 Placing the Kingpin in.

Below is a video showing how the Dust Cap for the thrust bearing should not rotate when the Steering Stub Axle is rotated. In the Lyka 2 Kit-Steering post I showed a video of the Dust Cap rotating due to the Dust Cap being too tall and the thrust bearing just loose inside the Dust Cap. I took of about 0.015 of an inch off so that the thrust bearing would do its job and actually roll and rotate as it should inside the Dust Cap. I put a piece of blue tape on the Dust Cap for rotational clarity.

Assembling the Steering Tube.

Tie Rods to Steering Lever.

 Tie Rods to Stub Axles (found stainless steel jam nuts, left hand threads too!)

And final assembly of the Steering Lever. I had to clean out some paint to slide and mate the parts and have everything move properly. I should have taped off the surfaces where they are pinned together.