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rearend gear cluster swap? #340658 11/23/2007 8:31 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC J JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher
JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher J Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC	IM wondering if anyone knows is it a good idea to swap the gear cluster from one rearend to another...I cant get parts intime for sat but I do have a parts rearend thats the same...ie:swap used cluster from one to another and if I can anything I should know first?...? "my wife says I'm passionate....she meant the liquor store" 1965 Chevrolet C-10 Pickup Truck http://good-times.webshots.com/slideshow/561657780FCgoEw http://community.webshots.com/album/561657780FCgoEw?start=0

Re: rearend gear cluster swap? JAMES MANSELL #340686 11/23/2007 10:22 PM
Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 B. C. Canada 3 3B 'Bolter
3B 'Bolter 3 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 6,100 B. C. Canada	Hy ambear, are we talking about swapping a whole differential assembly, or swapping just the gears?

Re: rearend gear cluster swap? 3B #340809 11/24/2007 3:23 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC J JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher
JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher J Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC	Was guna do the whole dif but I just finished swaping the gear cluster....thnx anyway "my wife says I'm passionate....she meant the liquor store" 1965 Chevrolet C-10 Pickup Truck http://good-times.webshots.com/slideshow/561657780FCgoEw http://community.webshots.com/album/561657780FCgoEw?start=0

Re: rearend gear cluster swap? JAMES MANSELL #340820 11/24/2007 3:30 AM
Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 Dellrose, TN H Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer)
Hotrod Lincoln Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) H Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,814 Dellrose, TN	If you swapped the center section of a 55-64 axle with the bolt-in center, no sweat. If you changed the ring & pinion of an integral-carrier axle, good luck! There's about a 1 in 1,000 chance of hitting all the clearances, bearing preloads, and tooth contact patterns right on the first try. 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!

Re: rearend gear cluster swap? Hotrod Lincoln #340826 11/24/2007 3:34 AM
Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC J JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher
JAMES MANSELL Wrench Fetcher J Joined: Oct 2007 Posts: 52 Port Coquitlam BC	I only swapped the cluster and it was out of my 68 ..exact same rear end...only diff is the new cluster I put in the 65 is posi all done and she drives great..thnx "my wife says I'm passionate....she meant the liquor store" 1965 Chevrolet C-10 Pickup Truck http://good-times.webshots.com/slideshow/561657780FCgoEw http://community.webshots.com/album/561657780FCgoEw?start=0

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