I cant remember exactly why I took the right side final apart, but I wanted to inspect the internal parts. Everything inside looks good but there is evidence of some trauma at some time. The oiler behind the bull gear is a little beat up and there's a big nick in the case. There's a couple of brazed repairs in the housing also.
The left side case has a welded repair with a round rod reinforcement.
Also looks like the original bellows seals have been upgraded at some time. They are Cat but I have a pair that came out of another 1941 5j that are the brass bellows that were installed originally. Seals look good so I cleaned them and will reinstall them.

I did a little draw bar rehab. Its pretty labor intensive just like everything else but I just get sucked in by something that has wear that can be fixed. Not a lot of money just mostly time and elbow grease

I can understand. I can get the same way. I like the details, sometimes even if it's only me that knows that some compartment has been flushed clean enough to eat out of or some chunk of metal is now square and straight even if it is somewhere out of sight I get satisfaction from these things. Very nice work. Coming along nicely.

The last of the new seals showed up so I could start putting the steering clutches in.
The seals on the shaft from the transmission didn't show any signs of leaks but I wasn't going to take any chances.
Between Cat, Florin and general gear I got all the gaskets and seals to take care off the finals.

New seal and brake installed, progress is slow but I keep on pecking away at it. All the brake linkages cleaned and assembled with antisieze.

Everything to do with the brake linkages was difficult. The left side was pretty soaked with oil so that helped a little bit, the right side was dry and everything was stuck. I ended up cutting the end of the brake band off the right side to get it out. The real problem was the shaft that holds the linkages to the final drive case. After about 3 days heating and beating I just cut the shaft and made new ones. If they dont just slide out i cut them now. The pieces usually come out fairly easy but almost impossible to get the whole thing out.

I agree antisieze is your friend or with any luck the next guy who has to take something apart, I'm hoping I'm not the next guy.
My draw bar pin was a little worn on one side (direction of pull) but it slid right out.
After I rebushed the hole I spun the pin around to have a fresh surface to pull against. I'm pretty sure that I won't ever see the day it needs more attention.
First final drive hung.