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It's 4x4 with zoomies...for real lol

My Vette is only used 'off road'.

Test Pipe arrived yesterday...but now I need the Y pipe at the rear. I installed new mufflers last Spring.

Thanks for that feedback Mike, sounds promising!

OK, so no poly useage in this location. And how it was explained makes perfectly good sense.

So, how difficult is it to press-in new camber strut arm bushings, and, is this a good place to use Polyurethane or stay with rubber? BTW, I don't have a "press" but used my vice with some oversized sockets and or C-Clamps that work quite well for things that need to be "pressed in" :thumb

Drivers side Trailing Arm out and then the PITA job of getting the remaining frozen bushings out...they fought me all the way but I showed them who was boss!

Ugh, almost three hours to cut the driver-side Trailing Arm out...to the GM designer that came up with this idea > I could hit with a bat!

Peter, as usual GREAT feedback but once again I must as you to clarify something above. Are you suggesting that, through the batwing oil fill hole the clutch-clips are visible??? Well, time to cut-out the drivers side Trailing Arm...so much fun!

I don't believe Peter, is referring to the 'yoke retaining clip' but maybe one of the little 1/2 clips that hold the clutch pack in place. I've search all over for videos etc for 80-82 diffs but can't find anything on them...all I see is from 79 and older. And I here the 80-82 diffs are...

What makes you say this??? Peter, on your diff did you document yoke endplay before and after the rebuild, is so what were your readings? 3 hours to get the passenger-side Trailinn-Arm out...instead of cutting through the shim-packs, I wrestled to get the RUSTED shims out then, I still had to...

I must vent...the engineer that designed the trailing arm shim idea or maybe I should say, how it's a PAIN IN THE A** to get to...should be tortured! I can't believe GM couldn't come up with a BETTER idea for the front of the trailing arms. Yes, both of my TA bolts will need to be sawzall'ed...

No pictures of this nightmare, if the pinion seal is leaking I may still drop the diff. Besides, I still need to replace the diff front rubber mount. The bushings in my camber struts are wiped out...prior when I grabbed the wheels at 12 & 6 I got noticeable movement, could that be from the bad...

Another slow day...got the rear 9-leaf spring out, and it's center pin was BROKEN so it came out in pieces! Then spent an hour plus just scraping thick caked on universal grease off from around where I needed to take more components off.

That's a possibility Still waiting for a eBay seller to get back to me. And, any feedback to punch-out my OE cat would be great too.

Thanks Mike, I'm waiting for a reply from an eBay seller. I've read that some OE cats can be 'punched out' but I'm not seeing as it looks to be sheet metal inside?

"Massachusetts"...brrrrr, it's probably snowing up there by now! Gotta get your Vette back down south to the warmth > I may be needing to relocate to some warmer climates myself (if ya know of any single wealthy women) :thumb

LOL...I see you're in West Central FL > right now I'd take some Fla temps. Getting cold and raw here and my bones are hating winters :mad

Thanks Andy, message sent to the seller :thumb

Thanks for that! Odd GM never had a "spec" for the end play but, if the front Pinion Seal isn't leaking the diff ain't coming out!:happyanim: Still pulling trailing arms for bushing replacement, the 9-leaf spring's coming out for either a repack of 'friction pads' or, a mono spring. Need 2-new...