Dave, I do complete restorations, build engines and trans, but I take my
rear end work to a specialist. It's not that I couldn't get set up to do
it, but it takes special tools and a lot of experience to get one right.I
do the disassembly, sand blast and paint the housing and carry it all to my guys
shop. He gives me back an assembled rear end, ready to mount. It usually
costs 3 to 4 hours labor. And they always work right with no extra noise. To me
it's well worth the cost not to have to worry about this one area of a resto
job.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2004 11:16
PM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] How to
rebuild a 12-bolt rear?
Come on guys, we can do better than this,
can't we? :-) While I've never built a rear either, I and others
on the list have built engines and transmissions, taken the bodies off
their frames, etc... and I can't imagine a rear is THAT
hard.
At minimum, you'll need a mountable dial
indicator for measuring backlash and I think you're gonna need a torque wrench
that does inch/lbs instead of foot/lbs. I thought there was a decent
article on this very subject in either Car Craft or Chevy High Performance
within the past few months. I'll try to find it. In the mean time,
check these out to get your feet wet.
-Dave
I would not recommend you take it apart if you have not done it
before. As stated previously, you can do more harm than good.
Tom
