C-Clip help?!

[elking]

Not sure I fully understand but can someone explain c-clips to me. I'm building a pro-touring street car & have seen recommendations to NOT eliminate the c-clips due to side load. Can someone explain the pros & cons of eliminating c-clips & rather I should or shouldn't?

Thanks

 

[monte olrac]

C-clip eliminators are great if you really are going to put the car through the twistys, also if you are using a stock 7.5 rearend then you may want consider getting them for extra insurance (nothing like seeing your rear tire and axle fly pass you) you may want to check link for beefing up the rearend http://www.thirdgen.org/beefinguprear
but we need some info on what you are going to do with the car

 

[jrm81bu]

The reasoning for not using c-clip eliminators for a pro-touring style build is because of the style of bearings used in the eliminators. My understanding is they either won't hold up to the sidel loading or at least will start to leak. IIRC this was with the flat roller bearings. However, Strange, i think, has come out with eliminators that use a tapered roller bearing that is supposed to cure this problem.