I was cleaning up the rear end housing from the c clip elim leak and I think the axle may not have been trimmed down to speck. I downloaded the instructions. It said leave an 1/8 inch of the tube. There is more. How much drag should be on a c clip elim? They would not free spin?
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Worked on the rearend a little. Set up my new to me bench grinder with a wire wheel and cleaned the bolts. Ground the axle tubes back a little then wiped them out. Pulled everything off the backing plates but the parking break cables and got the top few layers off.
Going to buy some antiseize for the c-clip eliminator bolts and throw the axles back in so it will be a roller again. It needs to be washed bad.
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The purple is holding the rust inside! It I ever do a total body paint I think I would change the color.
C-clip eliminators I hope they don't leak [/URL]
4.10 gears and spool "street car"?
There is a grove in the cover, should I worry about that? it did not have a gasket before, maybe that will make enough space?
Last edited by Russell; September 15, 2015, 05:12 AM.
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4.10's are fine. I think it's the "Go To" gear with an AOD. The spool and rain probably not my first choice for a "street car" but then again, Lutz is out driving a full on Pro Mod and calling it a "Street car" this week.Flying south, with a flock of bird dogs.
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Originally posted by Beagle View PostAhh.. okay. I thought maybe you guys were putting P/S goo in the T5 and I got that confused tilted head look.
I hope to keep this car man pedal equipped!
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Yep, what he said. Cast will distort a fair amount under stress without cracking, and those bearing caps/bolts will only restrain just so much power.
If you are going to be putting any kind of real power to it again, maybe some ARP studs and stronger caps? And/or a cover with the preload bolts that are screwed in to contact the caps to limit their movement?
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I have a cover similar to that. It puts a little pressure on the caps with those two bolts on the sides. I can't remember exactly how much but seemed really light. I really don't know whether it is doing any thing for me or not, but I was having leaking issues and seems to have fixed that.
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Put some beefy tack welds on the housing and tubes to keet the tubes in..And to keep flex to a minimum
On derby use rears, We weld them completely..
I thought that maybe the 4:10's were thicker than the stock gears.. Some 10 bolt GM's will show a mark much like that when going into the 4's with 2-3 series housings.
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Originally posted by Russell View PostPicture for you visual people I say its a good 15 footer!
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Thanks! Hopefully it has some good life left in it. There where a few corners that where cut hopefully they will not be to costly to fix.
The Tubes are welded to the center section all the way around.
Will it need an after market cover for phase 1? Stockish 302 ci engine 250 +/- HP T5 with 26" drag radials. I was thinking wait till it gets a power adder.
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