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Well, that was a good 3-4 hours of honest hard work. It's been probably twenty years since I did this but was fairly straightforward and I didn't need to refer to the manual. Not bad for mid seventies I guess. I should consider myself fortunate in that I got the crossmember out in about 20-30 minutes. I kept spraying Ace Hardware Lub-E as I worked on prying it loose and it soon popped out. Not sure if I did any prep or pre-lubing last time I assembled it to make it easier this time but will look to see if there's any current recommendations before putting it back in this time.
This is an open 3.70:1 and I'm changing to a same ratio posi that I'll be building myself. I know there are some great resources here on the forum that I'll be touching base with as I go.
If you attempt it in the future, use a power hammer against the bushings. I guarantee you that it will take all of five seconds to drop the crossmember. You were lucky to have removed it in twenty minutes. I have seen guys work for hours trying to loosen that crossmember.
This "Bad Boy" will get the job done in a nanosecond, although there are less expensive ones on the market.
I use a 5' crowbar between the chassis and the crossmember and it pops off. Done more than a few that way.
Mine was only 3' but it only took a few yanks on it interspersed with spaying lube and it wasn't all that difficult. The mating surface on the frame looked fairly clean so I suspect I did a thorough sanding and painting of the mating metal surface to inhibit rust before putting it back together again.
If you attempt it in the future, use a power hammer against the bushings. I guarantee you that it will take all of five seconds to drop the crossmember. You were lucky to have removed it in twenty minutes. I have seen guys work for hours trying to loosen that crossmember.
This "Bad Boy" will get the job done in a nanosecond, although there are less expensive ones on the market.
Are you taking Charles Atlas Vitamins?
Now that it's down wire brush and paint time on the cross member don't have the diff painted.casrt blast it
Changing out the sombreros can be left to the next owner if its not family
old guy's rule
If you attempt it in the future, use a power hammer against the bushings. I guarantee you that it will take all of five seconds to drop the crossmember. You were lucky to have removed it in twenty minutes. I have seen guys work for hours trying to loosen that crossmember.
This "Bad Boy" will get the job done in a nanosecond, although there are less expensive ones on the market.
What type of tool head did you use? Not the chisel one? Do not want the booger up the metal. Maybe a wide thick wedge type? Anyway I need to remove my dif also, the body will be off a 2nd time to swap out the fuel line and couple other things that need up dated. Thanks Big-K My new to me 1965 project...(-:
This is the best choice. Will not affect the rubber and will always allow for easy disassembly. This, or some near form of it, is used on nearly every O-ring and rubber packing in industrial applications.
Since the diffy isn't original to the car, I'm just going to clean it up & sell it on the forum after I replace the front seal which may have been weeping. It's an open 3.70 for a 64 so if anyone's interested, PM me or wait for it to appear in the classifieds.
I don't use any petroleum products on rubber.
Differential removal
