Changing Gears
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Depends on whether you have the tools and the knowledge to do it. If you've never done it before, chances are you're gonna f**k it up. EVERYTHING down there has to be perfectly clearenced and meshed or it won't last 500 miles.
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From: San Pedro CA
don't go there, Joe...
Removing the diff isn't the problem, it's the task of setting the gears. It requires special tools and lotsa patience. A good shop will only charge a couple hundred bucks to set the gears, it's money well spent.
Removing the diff isn't the problem, it's the task of setting the gears. It requires special tools and lotsa patience. A good shop will only charge a couple hundred bucks to set the gears, it's money well spent.
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From: San Diego , CA Double Yellow DirtBags 1985..Z51..6-speed
There's plenty of high school dropouts that do it on a daily basis. If you pay someone to do it the first time, you'll have to pay someone to do it the second time as well... I paid someone else, but now wish I had done it myself.
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From: Pasadena Maryland
It's not rocket science, but you will need a press for pinion bearing and a dial indicator to check for depth and several different size shims to set the depth..........it's easy to get it together, the hard part is keeping it together.
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From: SCMR Rat Pack'r Charter Member..Great Bend KS
After going through the procedure in the FSM, I don't think it would be anything I'd be particularly frightened of doing myself.
('Course, I have Dykem, a press, and a dial indicator, too.................
)
As the 'Coaster said, if I may paraphrase; it doesn't require a Ph.D.
You just have to not settle for anything less than perfection, and, while it may take you a while to achieve it, you can do it.
Larry
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('Course, I have Dykem, a press, and a dial indicator, too.................
)As the 'Coaster said, if I may paraphrase; it doesn't require a Ph.D.
You just have to not settle for anything less than perfection, and, while it may take you a while to achieve it, you can do it.
Larry
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From: Garden Grove Ca
Thanks Guys, I like to be hands on with most of my vette issues/upgrades but if it is something that is that precise then I will leave it to the pro's. Thanks for the input. It is much appreciated.
Joe
Joe
