Projects Mid Life Crisis 62 Vette

Yes it is. I'll see if I can get a measurement.

 

yup, unless you run a spacer...

 

Oh wait... your running a 3.08

 

Hi gears are usually thicker. No need for a ring gear spacer if you use a 3 series carrier.

 

yep

 

He said his was 1 3/4 inch. Was a good try.

 

did you find the missing ball bearings or pinion tooth?

 

The pinion tooth was laying in the bottom of the housing...lots of gunk on top of it, been there quite a while.

Also found the cracks on the rest of the teeth. I've seen this type of crack on several Chevy rears from the 60s.

 

good you caught it before catastrophic failure

 

I'd have to say your inspection went really well. Beats the hell out of sitting on the side of the road 100 miles from home calling 1-800-TOW-TRUK.

 

Did you come across this said to be Yukon unit?https://www.ebay.com/itm/2346692516...MI05**5cKrgAMV9RetBh3OIgiSEAQYByABEgJl2fD_BwE

 

It seems the "bugs" are being sorted out faster than usual here, good for you Squirrel, its inspirational.

 

In record AZ heat as well.

 

heh...less than 500 miles from home, I call my wife and she hooks up the trailer and come gets me.

 

That's great! Every time I head off on a road trip, I go ahead and hook up my trailer to my 1 ton for my wife in case I need her to come get me. She is willing, but I have been fortunate enough to be able to deal with issues on the road and not needed her to come save me yet...

 

My wife is often with me when stuff breaks... wait a sec here. Hmmm ?

 

Once my wife was with me when something broke, I got a friend to fetch our truck and trailer

 

Will this one work? It says it's for the GM 8.2 -3.08-3.73
https://www.ebay.com/itm/2346692516...MIutCT7YKtgAMVcO_jBx1DRgeCEAQYBSABEgKUbPD_BwE

 

looks like the same one that Johhny Gee linked above, and yeah, it would probably work.

I was thinking about putting together another 3rd member to "go fast"...with posi and 3.70 or so gears.

Doesn't take too long to change the whole thing

 

Going back over your words does leave it open to wanting two 3rd members.

 

Maybe check with this guy, I know he is a solid dude.
https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/chevy-55-64-4-11-posi-3rd-member-56-62-corvette.1271338/

 

I have a buddy who says I have a 1000 mile radius from his house for recovery help, I just have to pay for fuel, and food!

 

I had bought some long studs to put in the axles and front hubs, just to make sure the shank lug nuts are legal if I go drag racing. I put them in the axles today...pressed out the old ones, set the axle in the mill, drilled the hole out to tap size, then used a transfer punch in the chuck to center the top of the tap and cut the threads by hand.

 

The new gears arrived today, so I installed them, along with new bearings. It went together pretty easily, the first pinion shim I tried gave a decent contact pattern. New wheel bearings are in, too.

It's quieter...no weird noises from the driveline or wheels. It's starting to rain, no top or wipers yet, so I'll go for a longer test drive in the morning.

 

Nice wheel...

 

Just curious Jim...when you install those longer screw-in wheel studs, do you Loc***e them in or anything? The last set I installed, I tacked them to keep them from ever backing out, but not sure if that is really necessary.

 

You looked good in my rear view mirror.

 

loc***e and 100 ft lbs torque

 

Nice technique

 

thanks, it's the only way I could figure out to make sure they went in straight