1970 rear snubber bracket destroyed
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The bracket bolts to the differential and then has a rubber bushing to the frame. If you broke the differential one, eBay. If the one that attaches to the frame maybe eBay, contemporary corvette, or Dinos corvette salvage.
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Ouch how the heck did that happen?
I cant see how the existing can't be welded up or fixed! Unless it rotted off from rust somehow! Maybe someone was drag racing and put a Ford 9 inch or something back then? If you have a car for reference and can weld, it shouldn't be a difficult repair with the diff out!
I cant see how the existing can't be welded up or fixed! Unless it rotted off from rust somehow! Maybe someone was drag racing and put a Ford 9 inch or something back then? If you have a car for reference and can weld, it shouldn't be a difficult repair with the diff out!
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rear-end is out of the car for half shaft seal replacement at the local corvette shop. he called me and I looked at it, cried but soon got over it. Not rusted out just torn and mangled. Actually prob a good thing this was found sooner than later. I had just replaced manual trans mount which had separated. After this fix I'm done for awhile...
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rear-end is out of the car for half shaft seal replacement at the local corvette shop. he called me and I looked at it, cried but soon got over it. Not rusted out just torn and mangled. Actually prob a good thing this was found sooner than later. I had just replaced manual trans mount which had separated. After this fix I'm done for awhile...
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Ouch how the heck did that happen?
I cant see how the existing can't be welded up or fixed! Unless it rotted off from rust somehow! Maybe someone was drag racing and put a Ford 9 inch or something back then? If you have a car for reference and can weld, it shouldn't be a difficult repair with the diff out!
I cant see how the existing can't be welded up or fixed! Unless it rotted off from rust somehow! Maybe someone was drag racing and put a Ford 9 inch or something back then? If you have a car for reference and can weld, it shouldn't be a difficult repair with the diff out!
I have some used brackets here, but for the OP, it's probably best to just get new.
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I run mine a "little" hard sometimes. My Dana 60 IRS setup bolts to stock mounts. I was using a poly bushing and found that it had punched through the frame bracket like a whole punch! Perfectly round cutout.
I made a new frame mount out of 3/16" steel.
JIM
I made a new frame mount out of 3/16" steel.
JIM
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Even if you just drive them a little hard they'll still do this with the poly.
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had the local corvette guy fix this. Man it was mangled. He removed a bracket from another rear end in good shape and welded on. turned out great, got rid of some clanks and rattles I was hearing. I went and look over everything while it was apart, diff gears looked great. Thx for posting.