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These photos are of the initial teardown. As you can see the 40 plus year old gear oil had failed. Current plan is to reuse the carrier which I believe might be the original to the car (can not verify) but since the speedo cable was apparently routed the non muncie way I can route the cable (which I still have CA) and assuming the car had a speedo adapter it would reach and have no issues. You can also see a wear pattern where the cable rubbed the firewall.

Photos 896 - 898 - Initial tear down


Photos 899 - 900 - Brakes, lines and dirt daubers



One thing I failed to mention previously was that I will be swapping gear ratios to a 4.56 as I plan to run a 28" tire and I will need this little small block in the rpms fairly quick or at least that is the intent. Of course new bearings, seals, brakes and an overall clean up will be the following steps to come.

Photos 901 - 903 - Axle, carrier & pinion


Photo 904 - Pumpkin wiped out, caps, shims, pin and bolt are clean. I will be using an aluminum diff cover I snagged from a buddy which I shared in a previous post.



Up next was the removal of the pinion nut & pinion as well as removing the carrier & axle bearings and said seals. Also adding the axle stamping & casting date.

Photos 905 - 907 - Pinion removed & axle stamp & diff casting date (appears to be C 2X 8



Photos 908 - 910 - Old axle bearings removed and new bearings and seals installed. Also added a shot of the inside of the tubes. Very clean once the grease was removed.



The removal of the pinion races (Not pictured) and the "new" gear set. GM dated 10/65 & 11/65 ring & pinion. Hopefully up next will be the "derustification" of the housing and the installation of the carrier bearings and start to setup the pinion depth etc. Once that is finished I will set up the backlash and get a wear pattern.

Photos 911 - 913 - GM 3862527 Ring & GM 3862515 pinion



Drug out the ole evaporust and setup a quickie bath for the diff. Slow going process at this point before I get back into reassembly.

Photos 914 - 915 - Evaporust bath



I also starting the cleaning and preserving process of other diff components.

Here is a photo from above for comparison on the brake parts.



Photos 916 - 917 - Some of the brake springs, levers & diff cover bolts, etc.



Moving forward and down the axle. Also added to the batch of brake parts etc.

Photos 918 - 919 - Exaporust flowing further down the tube and part of the pumpkin and brake parts. Brake parts were still wet from the Rust Veto I use for preserving. Once dry it will not have a shine adder.



This one will be much like the majority of photos (boring). E-brake cables and diff brake lines after derustification & preserving using a mix of RPM & Rust Veto from a gal can. Process is the same as I did the leaf springs. Heat the part up with a heat gun and then apply the mixture with a brush and then using the heat gun again to force it into all the areas and dry.

Photos 920 - 921 - Overall of e-brake cables & brake lines



Photos 922 - 927 - Misc shots of the e-brake cables



Photos 928 - 930 - Misc shots of brake lines



Nothing huge on updates as its the slow process of letting the Evaporust do its thing. But here is some progress down the diff and the other brake components.


Photos 931 - 934 - Overalls of the Evaporust "bath"


Photo 935 - Brake components


Photo 936 - Action shot of Evapo