Ditch that 2 piece drive line and get a single shaft from a later year 5 speed. Or an aluminum drive line from a WS6 if you can find one. Looks good bro. Keep it up
Press fit tubes, common leak on 10 bolt rear ends. Take it to a muffler shop and have them weld the tubes on both sides to the center housing and in the plug welds. Will stop the leak and make the rear end substantially stronger.
Dee Struggles doing mine this week, just did a gear and added a girdle, you should do the same to avoid deflection in the case. Perfect Launch makes one for about $160 from Jegs.
Torquing the pinion nut is irrelevant when you have a crush collar you may have put too much preload on the pinion bearings torquing the pinion nut. The proper way to tighten the pinion nut is to use an inch lb. Needle torque wrench after tightening the nut and measure the drag on the bearings. Used bearings 15-20 inch lbs. While rotating the pinion with the needle type inch lb. Wrench.
Hey bro saw you still have the 2 piece drive shaft, if you want a cheap drive shaft to throw in her.. the third gen auto V8 cars drive shaft will fit perfectly, that's what I did. Mine is off a 1984 z28 but all v8 autos are the same length
I think you found your thing man. Channel is dope and so is the ride.
thanks dude i appreciate it just wish the channel would grow a little faster
Ditch that 2 piece drive line and get a single shaft from a later year 5 speed. Or an aluminum drive line from a WS6 if you can find one. Looks good bro. Keep it up
Press fit tubes, common leak on 10 bolt rear ends. Take it to a muffler shop and have them weld the tubes on both sides to the center housing and in the plug welds. Will stop the leak and make the rear end substantially stronger.
I agree, very common issue, the press the tubes in and put 2 plug welds so when the gear oil gets warm and thin it can slowly leak out
i was thinking that myself to weld it ... cool thanks for the info
Dee Struggles doing mine this week, just did a gear and added a girdle, you should do the same to avoid deflection in the case. Perfect Launch makes one for about $160 from Jegs.
Smart move using the black rtv on the pinion seal!
Thanks for the informative video
Parts store have huge park up on stuff.. I ordered that same diff cover gasket from rockauto for $2 and some change
Helpful video, dude. Thanks!
Torquing the pinion nut is irrelevant when you have a crush collar you may have put too much preload on the pinion bearings torquing the pinion nut. The proper way to tighten the pinion nut is to use an inch lb. Needle torque wrench after tightening the nut and measure the drag on the bearings. Used bearings 15-20 inch lbs. While rotating the pinion with the needle type inch lb. Wrench.
yes i believe i did tighten it to much i ended up backing the nut off a little to make it a bite looser ...im hoping all end well
Hey bro saw you still have the 2 piece drive shaft, if you want a cheap drive shaft to throw in her.. the third gen auto V8 cars drive shaft will fit perfectly, that's what I did. Mine is off a 1984 z28 but all v8 autos are the same length
And if you've got a few bucks more, look for a used aluminum ds and save 20 lbs over that 2-pc stocker. Either way it's an improvement though.
ill have to look into it and see what will match up with the manual T5 trans
I'd definitely change the cover.. that rust looks bad enough it could get a pin hole and leak
na the cover was solid if it was that bad i would have changed it
The structural integrity of that ramp looks... questionable...