Sorry, the son Henry and I were laughing and crying at
the same time for you. Henry has had this happen to
him too...while on Interstate, the entire carrier
bearing locked up, thus exploding the rear end....
The easiest method we did was to find another rear end
as we don't have the talent to rebuild one properly,
nor were all the pieces found after collecting all the
LBC parts so not to get a littering the hiway ticket!
Donald & Henry Stike
--- David Mayer <celiracer81@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I just replaced my floats today in the float chamber
> of the dual carbs and
> tuned the carbs (pretty well...but not perfect). SO
> i decided i wanted to
> get the car out on the road! So i drove her out of
> the garage out the
> driveway and onto the street! For the first time in
> over 4 years, she is
> back on the road! But it was all short lived. No
> sooner did i get into
> second gear, there is a loud chunking noise, the
> drive shaft starts going
> crazy and then one more thud and the car came to a
> halt. My rear wheels
> locked up and the drive shaft dropped to the ground
> at the differential.
> Upon closer investigation, the pinion flange had
> fallen out of the
> differential!!! WOW! so i tried pushing the car
> back down the street but
> now my differential is locked. I got some help from
> my father (who was
> video taping the whole ordeal at the time), and we
> rocked the car back and
> forth forcefully until the car would roll. Lots of
> chatering and clunking
> got it back in the garage.
>
> I took the differential out, and tore it apart.
> Guess what i found?!?!? An
> entire bearing that looks like it had a bomb explode
> in it, resting in
> pieces on the bottom of the differential. Upon
> further investigation, it
> was the rear pinion bearing that had "blown up" and
> now the teeth on the
> crown wheel and gear are shot!
>
> So here is(are) my question(s) to all of you.
> 1.) should i go ahead and replace all of the
> bearings in the differential?
> or just the one that shattered? the rest seem to be
> in fine shape.
>
> 2.) Should i just find a rebuilt differential and
> replace the whole thing?
>
> 3.) Lastly, what kind of oild shoudl i use in the
> differential when i get
> bac around tp puting it back together?
>
> Thanks all. Your help has gotten me this far. and i
> can't thank you enough,
> Dave
> '68 Spit Mk3...that seems to hate me.
>
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