DIY tutorial on installing differential and transmission
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Melting Slicks
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From: NSL UT
DIY tutorial on installing differential and transmission
Does anybody have or know of a good one either video or written photos. I should be getting my differential back from RPM this week and would like to do it myself. I have access to lifts and tools just don’t want to miss something important. The car currently has the torque tube and clutch in place.
Melting Slicks
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From: Dallas TX
not hard.
Stab the trans first, then stab the diff to the trans. Much easier that way then trying to stab it as one piece. The trans you can stab with the torque tube basically in its normal position, then you can use the weight of the trans to tilt everything down into place to give you room to stab the rear diff... If you try to stab the trans and diff as a unit, you have to man handle the torque tube down at the right angle to get it all stabbed on.
Make sure to keep track of where your wiring bundle is going as you put things back into place and re-secure it. First time I put my car back together I think I had the wiring bundle running down the wrong side of the top of the trans and when I stabbed the rear end I realized it. It runs down the passenger side, not the drivers side.
Stab the trans first, then stab the diff to the trans. Much easier that way then trying to stab it as one piece. The trans you can stab with the torque tube basically in its normal position, then you can use the weight of the trans to tilt everything down into place to give you room to stab the rear diff... If you try to stab the trans and diff as a unit, you have to man handle the torque tube down at the right angle to get it all stabbed on.
Make sure to keep track of where your wiring bundle is going as you put things back into place and re-secure it. First time I put my car back together I think I had the wiring bundle running down the wrong side of the top of the trans and when I stabbed the rear end I realized it. It runs down the passenger side, not the drivers side.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: NSL UT
Originally Posted by rjacobs
not hard.
Stab the trans first, then stab the diff to the trans. Much easier that way then trying to stab it as one piece. The trans you can stab with the torque tube basically in its normal position, then you can use the weight of the trans to tilt everything down into place to give you room to stab the rear diff... If you try to stab the trans and diff as a unit, you have to man handle the torque tube down at the right angle to get it all stabbed on.
Make sure to keep track of where your wiring bundle is going as you put things back into place and re-secure it. First time I put my car back together I think I had the wiring bundle running down the wrong side of the top of the trans and when I stabbed the rear end I realized it. It runs down the passenger side, not the drivers side.
Stab the trans first, then stab the diff to the trans. Much easier that way then trying to stab it as one piece. The trans you can stab with the torque tube basically in its normal position, then you can use the weight of the trans to tilt everything down into place to give you room to stab the rear diff... If you try to stab the trans and diff as a unit, you have to man handle the torque tube down at the right angle to get it all stabbed on.
Make sure to keep track of where your wiring bundle is going as you put things back into place and re-secure it. First time I put my car back together I think I had the wiring bundle running down the wrong side of the top of the trans and when I stabbed the rear end I realized it. It runs down the passenger side, not the drivers side.
Last edited by z06801; Jul 11, 2021 at 02:51 PM.
Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Dallas TX
just remember...NO IMPACT TOOLS ON THE CRADLE BOLTS...
Ive had my driveline apart so many times I can have the diff sitting on the ground in about 2 hours.
Put the mufflers back in before the cradle/suspension/axle shafts also.
Ive had my driveline apart so many times I can have the diff sitting on the ground in about 2 hours.
Put the mufflers back in before the cradle/suspension/axle shafts also.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2008
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From: NSL UT
Originally Posted by rjacobs
just remember...NO IMPACT TOOLS ON THE CRADLE BOLTS...
Ive had my driveline apart so many times I can have the diff sitting on the ground in about 2 hours.
Put the mufflers back in before the cradle/suspension/axle shafts also.
Ive had my driveline apart so many times I can have the diff sitting on the ground in about 2 hours.
Put the mufflers back in before the cradle/suspension/axle shafts also.
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Dec 2004
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From: Dallas TX
I think its 81 ft. lbs off the top of my head.
There is a PDF around here somewhere that has a huge list of all the torque specs.
I try to follow them unless I cant get my torque wrench in which happens in tight quarters.
There is a PDF around here somewhere that has a huge list of all the torque specs.
I try to follow them unless I cant get my torque wrench in which happens in tight quarters.
