Rear-end: Done

[Whiteshadow89158]

Well after 3 years, she's finally rolling around again

 

[Whiteshadow89158]

She is currently waiting for transport at my house in MA so she can come live with me in sunny california . Hopefully she'll be here within the next two weeks.

 

[Whiteshadow89158]

Once she's out here i'll be garaging her for a few weeks while i strip off all the old paint and do some body work. I plan on sealing all the body lines and misc. patch work, the P.O. kind of treated her like an old step-child haha.

 

[Mac]

Those parts look so nice... almost too clean to take on the road... almost!!

-Mac

 

[bill81vette]

very nice!!!
Good Luck with it!!!!
more pics when it is done!!!!

 

[Peer81]

Very nice to see, like Bill says; more pics are welcome

Greetings Peter

 

[Whiteshadow89158]

Thanks guys, here's the link to the tear down: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com...rformance/115629-rear-end-rebuild-update.html this car is going to be my daily driver so I'm sure you'll see many more rebuild threads

 

[herminator]

Thanks guys, here's the link to the tear down: http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com...rformance/115629-rear-end-rebuild-update.html this car is going to be my daily driver so I'm sure you'll see many more rebuild threads

How difficult was it to rebuild the TA? I would like to replace my bearings but don't really want to spend the money on new TA's if I can rebuild the old ones.

 

[Whiteshadow89158]

How difficult was it to rebuild the TA? I would like to replace my bearings but don't really want to spend the money on new TA's if I can rebuild the old ones.

My old trailing arms actually had allot of safety issues with them because of the previous owner so the only parts I reused was one spindle support bracket and one caliper bracket. All of the other parts are new so I think it was harder for me because most of the assembly is meant to be pressed together. For instance the stud bolts for the support bracket and caliper bracket where a p.i.t.a. Because all I had was a hammer and a brass rod, probably would have been easier if I had reused my old trailing arms. In my opinion if I had to do it all over again, I would definitely ship them out to be rebuilt. Its important to measure the runout and use the right shim. My runout never got passed .002 . It should never be more than .005. If you have access to a press then this is a cakewalk. Just time consuming. lots of beer and a helping friend makes it 10x better.

 

[Whiteshadow89158]

There's actually a couple of videos on youtube if you want to get an idea of the process. I think zip and VBP have there own videos on there as well.