I was able to get quite a bit done this weekend.
First the castor assembly.
Here is a pic of the assembly just before I started to remove the roll pins. You can see the PO spray painted the assembly when he painted the legs. This side sort of functioned, but barely. The other side was pretty much frozen up.
This pic shows the parts all disassembled. I had used a dimple punch as suggested to mark all of the positions of the components.
I media blasted the ends and shafts. The ends where primed and painted with Rust-Oleum Hammered Copper and the shafts were polished by putting them in a drill and using scotch brite pads and 400 grit sand paper. I finished them off with some Mag Cleaner.
The lever mechanism was polished using the pads and Mag Cleaner also.
The Cams, Pistons and springs where mainly cleaned up the same way.
Every thing was them waxed with paste wax for lubrication and to prevent future rust.
Now I reassembled the shaft lever, shaft and cams. I used the dimples to make sure I got them back in the correct positions.
Before I put the pistons back in the end pieces, I used a brake hone on the end pieces to make sure the pistons moved smoothly. Caution must be used when doing this, you can scratch up you newly painted piece easily.
This is the final product. I think it came out quite well.
For comparison, here is the completed product next to the other side before I started on it.
