83 Monte gets a stronger heartbeat.

[bowtiebutler956]

Also what’s the part number for the axles thanks in advance

Thanks, and the Moser part number for the 28 spline g body axles is A102810.
I will start on it tomorrow morning, and I will try to take a few pics along the way. I'll let you know if I run into problems.

Matt

 

[bowtiebutler956]

Well The day started off well, and I got to work on it about 10 this morning, and about 12, I got a call from work and ended going in from 1-5pm. I got back to work on the car, and finished it up about 7:45. The diff in my car has never made any noise, so I was shocked to see the condition of the spider gears in the old differential. They were badly worn, and pitted. (last couple pics) The install went much smoother than expected. I used the original shim on the pinion, and it ended up being perfect. I did the initial setup with the factory carrier shims in they're original location, and it was to tight with no backlash at all. The Factory shim on the left side of the carrier measured .232 and the one on the right measured .240, so I got the bright idea to swap the shims from one side to the other. I knew there was no way this would be correct, and I would have to make a shim pack for it, but was just trying to get a starting point. I was almost in disbelief when I re-tightened the carrier bolts and it felt near perfect , and I could just barely feel some backlash. Now, I don't have a magnetic dial indicator, so take what I said with a grain of salt, and please no one start telling me I did it wrong, because I'm aware this isn't ideal, but I do have some experience with this sort of thing. While the pattern on the gears wasn't perfect, it wasn't bad either. The drive side of the gear favored heel a bit, and the coast side slightly favored toe slightly, but neither were at the end. The diff is completely silent with no noise at all. I will admit I was expecting traction to be a bit better, but it will still smoke them through 1st, and most of second if I punch it from a dead stop, but it does feel better if I'm rolling about 10mph then punch it. It still spins but not so violently. Overall, very happy, and its nice to spin both tires now. Sorry for the last couple dark pictures, I was working in the dark, because it gets dark here about 6:15. Ther were no issues using the F body posi unit at all. Thanks

Matt

 

[0811mc]

Thanks, and the Moser part number for the 28 spline g body axles is A102810.
I will start on it tomorrow morning, and I will try to take a few pics along the way. I'll let you know if I run into problems.

Matt

Sweet and I’m glad things turned out great and thanks for the info!