JEFFREY LISLE wrote:
Hello all,
I am stumpped again! I just finished re-building my '65 Cutlass front
end and adding '72 chevelle discs and also new suspesion parts, now I
felt why not replaces the seals in the diff. do the whole job while I
am at it. Well a friend of mine who has dealt with many Chevy diffs
says its an easy couple hour job so, why not. Well anyway to make a
long story short he thought there were C clips on the axles and that I
needed to remove the pinion and pinion retaining bolt and remove the
gears to get to them, well we found out no C clips for Olds! Any way I
broke the retaining bolt and need a new one (any idea where to get one?)
and also more important how do I get the axles out? They will not
budge, we used a slide hammer with a chain rapped through the holes in
the hub and nothing. Is there a magic way to get them out? Thanks a
bunch. Jeff // '65 Cutlass Conv.
Jeff,
Sounds like quite the mess you got into.
To remove the axles all you have to do is remove the drums and remove
the 4 nuts that hold the axle flange to the backing plate and axle
flange. They slide out easy. No magic, no c clips. The rear cover
doesn't need to be removed.
Slap you Cheby friend in the head. lol
As where to get a new bolt, Chris W might have some. Or a place like
Randys Ring and Pinion, maybe a dealer?
Good luck,
Joe Walters
73 H/O
