Rear axle...complete!

I'm very nearly done with the chassis!  The past couple of weeks have been spent getting the rear axle finished.  This entailed installing the locker, brakes, painting all the hardware and near seals.  For the most part things were pretty straight forward.  It tore down much easier than I anticipated.  Cleaning parts however was not as much fun.  There was a lot of brake debris, dirt, grease, etc built up in the brake plates.  It took awhile to get it clean up, but after a couple of days they were ready for paint.  I continued with the same process I had used on the rest of the chassis...pre clean the parts, rust convertor, encapsulator and frame paint.  Everything looks brand new!  Next up came the locker.  I decided to go with a Lock Rite automatic locker.  Reviews were amazing and the install is very easy for it.  Overall it really was a piece of cake.  The install equated to removing the side and spider gears and replacing them with the locker couplers and drivers.  The hardest part in the whole process was putting in the short axle side C-clip just because the space to drop it into was very small.  I did manage to get it in with very little effort.  What actually turned out to the be the hardest part was sliding the shear pins over and installing the snap springs.  The first two went in no problem.  The third one...I didn't realize the shear pin wasn't pushed all the way over and when I tried to put the spring in, it flew away (I heard it hit the ceiling...but from there who knows!).  That meant I had to purchase another set of springs, but they were easy to find online.  Once I figured out that the pin wasn't in all the way, I used a punch and hammer and tapped it into place.  The replacement spring was in with no problem and the locker install was complete.  Next up I installed the new rear brakes.  I even managed to get most of the new brake lines in, but ran into a problem on the driver side rear double brake union.  The replacement I bought ended up not working...it has 10 mm holes while the brake lines have 9 mm flare nuts.  Apparently those unions are impossible to find!  So I'm still trying to figure out what I need to do...either find one some place or cut off the 9 mm flare nuts, replace them with 10 mm flare nuts and re-flare the ends.  Time will tell on that.  The good news though...I have a rolling chassis again!  Next up...drive shafts and parking brake!