Diff swap Help please!!!!
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Diff swap Help please!!!! Does anyone have info on the differential swap, like a how to, pics maybe? Just wondering if I have to remove the whole torque tube, to just swap out the diff, or can the rear just be taken apart, then just the transmission and pumpkin. I have heard that the tranny doesn't have to come out, but I have no idea how the heck that could work.
Is it possible to just take the tranny out, then swap the diffs, and then slap it back together? I did one before, and we did the torque converter at the same time, so the torque tube, and the housing with 100 bolts had to be removed. Not that bad with a lift, but I no longer am a mechanic, so no access to lifts right now, so I have no desire to do with the car on the ground!
Help please.
I would just take this to a shop, but everyone says they have no experience with the new corvettes and that they do not want to do them. Does anyone know of a shop in vegas besides Adams Driveshaft to do this. Hell I will even go to cali for a day to get it done if the price is right. So a shop in Cali recommendation would be appreciated.
Is it possible to just take the tranny out, then swap the diffs, and then slap it back together? I did one before, and we did the torque converter at the same time, so the torque tube, and the housing with 100 bolts had to be removed. Not that bad with a lift, but I no longer am a mechanic, so no access to lifts right now, so I have no desire to do with the car on the ground!
Help please.
I would just take this to a shop, but everyone says they have no experience with the new corvettes and that they do not want to do them. Does anyone know of a shop in vegas besides Adams Driveshaft to do this. Hell I will even go to cali for a day to get it done if the price is right. So a shop in Cali recommendation would be appreciated.
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From: Alvin Texas
its real easy to do this ive done it twice in my garage by myself.....you do not have to take the transmission out ....just unhook the rear frame drop it down...take the 100 bolts out of the tq tube and the transmission will come down just enough to slide the rearend off of the output shaft on the transmission...i think there is 6 bolts between the transmission and the rearend...and make sure you drain allllllll of the rearend fluid out before you pull them apart or you will be covered in the **** ........good luck if you get stuck just ask around there is always some one whos done it or fucked it up...
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