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Mike, I understand your point, and agree to
an extent. I'll admit I farmed out my own rearend years ago, as I
didn't have the tools (coming up with money for gears, posi, etc was hard
enough!).
I guess my original point is that I was
surprised that the early response was "dont try it! leave it to a
pro!" There's quite a number of DIY-ers on the list (like myself) who like
to see what it would take to do it yourself, even if the decision is ultimately
made to take it to a pro.
Upon doing 5-10 minutes of googling, I was
surprised at my relative lack of results in finding good, detailed instructions
on setting up a 12-bolt. I found an article in a recent Car
Craft, but it was for a Ford 8.8. I'll dig through my Chevy High
Performance issues again because I distinctly remember reading a reader's letter
to the effect of "thanks for the article on how to setup a 12 (10?)-bolt, we did
it and it came out great!" Here's a link I found online for
10-bolts: http://chevyhiperformance.com/techarticles/148_0207_bolt/
I have a spare 12 bolt in my basement.
Maybe I should put my money where my mouth is and try to set it up..
:-)
-Dave
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.
Mike Holleman
----- 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
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