DIY diff swap
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DIY diff swap
Here are a few photos from the diy Diff swap. It really not a bad swap out. You disconnect the shocks, A-arms and brake lines cv axles and the four bolts on the bottom of the diff mount before you drop the cradle. Then Unbolt the five diff bolts and its out! The only thing I didnt know was the seal that separates the diff from the tranny had to me moved. I thought they would have sent a new one but its gotta be moved. It seemes like it was jammed in there much harder than it really was with a little prying and tugging it came right out.
This is the cradle out the back of the car.
A pic of what the spline looks like and with everything removed.
The seal in question....Its right on the front and you just pull it out and move it. Who would have thought.
The new diff without the seal...
All and all this wasnt a bad swap. Not including breaks for lunch and stuff this took about 4 hours.
Now to get the shift points fixed and were golden!
Thanks to all who were involved.
This is the cradle out the back of the car.
A pic of what the spline looks like and with everything removed.
The seal in question....Its right on the front and you just pull it out and move it. Who would have thought.
The new diff without the seal...
All and all this wasnt a bad swap. Not including breaks for lunch and stuff this took about 4 hours.
Now to get the shift points fixed and were golden!
Thanks to all who were involved.
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Wow, thats real fast! It took me about 10 hours start to finish including clean up when I did mine all by my lonesome out in the parking lot. I went real slow dropping out everything, making sure I disconnected everything.
The 3.42's are an awesome mod =-)
The 3.42's are an awesome mod =-)
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It was me and one other guy. No lift. The two of us have had the rear ends out of both of our cars about a total of 8 times between us so we are getting pretty good. I managed to drop the full exhuast in less than 40 mins just on my creeper including jack time. Ive had the car apart so many times I could probably do it with my eyes closed now!
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From: Middle of No where AK
Most of the pics of the install turned out all fuzzy unfortunatly cause its a camera phone. I can help with any install questions you may have though. Ive done the cradle drop several times so I'm pretty familiar with the process.
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From: North Strand, NMB, SC; Retired x 2 (US Army: 70-90 AD) (US Army: 91-16 DAC); yea, I'm old.
If you want to come East and into my garage, I can arrange for a photographer and a car for you to work on...
I can't see the pics here at work (network weenies block all the image hosting sites...
) but I am impressed from the tinie, tiny images I can see on my iPhone.
I can't see the pics here at work (network weenies block all the image hosting sites...
) but I am impressed from the tinie, tiny images I can see on my iPhone.
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From: Middle of No where AK
If I were closer believe me I would love to do it. We have garage parties in our area all the time to do this kind of thing.
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People bitch about me wrenching on my off time at work all the time.
No love for us car nuts where I live it seems.
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I don’t mean to hijack Chris’ thread but if you (or anybody else for that matter) would like specific pictures of any of the installation stages, send me a PM as I’ll be doing almost the same thing starting tomorrow in order to swap out my torque converter.
Christopher
Christopher
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That sucks. The guy two doors down from me has a vette and the guy across the street has a monster truck with a train horn. No body cares that I make a bunch of racket when I wrench on my vette its great.
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I don’t mean to hijack Chris’ thread but if you (or anybody else for that matter) would like specific pictures of any of the installation stages, send me a PM as I’ll be doing almost the same thing starting tomorrow in order to swap out my torque converter.
Christopher
Christopher
Have fun Christopher. I think changing the converter was actually easier than doing the diff since you dont actually have to take the cradle apart. Still not bad though.
Im going to get these gears broken in this week and hit the track sunday hopefully and see what they get me where it counts!!
