Click on image for the lowdown. 
====
| | | Forums66 Topics128,206 Posts1,057,438 Members48,471 | | Most Online14,466
Apr 26th, 2026 | | AD Chevy Trucks  Over 6,000 pictures Brad Allen has an awesome collection of Chevrolet factory pictures that he has set up from film strips. Check them out!
Lots of work on Brad's part ... pure enjoyment (and references) for you!
| | THANKS!
For helping keep this great
old truck web site
on the Internet for over 30 years! and not clogged down
with Ads!  Again, thanks!
| | | | Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 157 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 157 | Has anyone found an "easy" way to remove the tranny? The disconnect from the u-joint is fairly easy, but the torque tube is in the way to be able to slide back the tranny. I jacked the tube as high as it can go, but still in the way.
54 Chevy 3100 Deluxe 3 speed on column. Keeping original as possible but changed to 12 volt system.
JB Weld..."I put that stuff on everything"
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 6,049 Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT | | Gearhead, Stovebolt Tech and Parts Tracker, Mod for Swap Meet and GTT Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 6,049 | Joe - Where do you have the jack stands/supports set up for the rear of your truck? If the rear of the truck is supported on the frame, with rear axle hanging down, the jack under the front of the torque tube should be able to raise it high enough for the transmission to clear. If the axle is resting on jack stands, it might reduce the range of motion and not allow enough room to pull the transmission. Did you leave the collar and the ball on the torque tube when you disconnected it and slid it back to access the u-joint? If it's still on the torque tube, you may want to remove it if its not allowing the torque tube to elevate as far as possible. Pictures would help offer more/better suggestions. 
~ Dan 1951 Chevy 3 window 3100Follow this story in the DITY Gallery"My Grandpa Carl's Truck and How it Became Mine"1966 Chevelle (Wife's Hot Rod) | 2013 Chevy Silverado (Current daily driver) US Army MSG Retired (1977-1998) | Com Fac Maint Lead Tech Retired (1998-2021)
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 157 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Feb 2021 Posts: 157 | Will try the hanging axle method. It looks like tranny has to pull back about 6" to clear bell housing. I'll check for any interference with collar and ball. Thanks for the input.
54 Chevy 3100 Deluxe 3 speed on column. Keeping original as possible but changed to 12 volt system.
JB Weld..."I put that stuff on everything"
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,888 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,888 | The ball will slide off of the torque tube if necessary, and then the torque tube can be lifted an extra couple of inches. Then cut a piece of 2 X 4 to slide into the frame rails to keep the torque tube raised.
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 167 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 167 | Don’t forget to use “guide pins” to support the transmission as you slide it back. Easily made with a couple of bolts with the heads cut off. Be thankful that you aren’t working on a Buick with a torque tube. The entire rear end assembly has to be dropped and pulled back to access the transmission. They should have taken some lessons from their sister company Chevrolet!🤣
I invest my money in precious metals, mostly rust!
| | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,845 | Way way back when I did mine, I raised the back of the truck, placed to jack stands under the frame rails at the back, loosened the leaf spring axle U bolts. This allowed a pretty easy lift of the torque tube all the way up to the bottom of the cab and as Hotrod Lincoln suggested, placed a 2x4 in the frame rail to support the torque tube during its high position.
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | |
|
|
