Blood Sweat and Tears.. 67 Build Thread

[texasld]

My rear end was a pain to clean too!

Those brakes look SWEET!!!


Sometimes I feel the same way you do when I walk into the garage. I look at all the crap laying around and it beats on me. So I go fishing and come back to it another day. Hang in there!

[RRR18]

Weather is finally getting turned around. Time to work.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by RRR18

Weather is finally getting turned around. Time to work.

I was "trying" to get some assembly done today on my rear end and learned something is wrong... wrong parts...

The carrier is making contact with the pinion gear. Carrier bearings are probably a good 1/4 inch from even going in the seats, so something is very very wrong... Summit tech line is closed, so..... on to the Rum and Coke.

[Advanced Design]

Just went through your build and really appreciate the work you are doing. Nice! Bummer about the carrier. Did Summit send you the wrong one?

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Just went through your build and really appreciate the work you are doing. Nice! Bummer about the carrier. Did Summit send you the wrong one?

Thanks man, I really appreciate that... I went back and checked everything again and again... I still think i have the right parts... The way the Richmond pinion is made looks a little different than the factory pinion in the taper on the end facing the carrier. I put the same shim thickness as was with the factory gears and carrier to start with. I was putting it all together without the crush sleeve so I could check the contact pattern but the carrier wouldn't go all the way into the bearing seats before it started making contact with the pinion. Im not sure how much room there should actually be between the pinion and the carrier, but I would think that just having a few thousands to much in shims wouldn't allow contact. Im using 28 thousands on the shims to start with. Im stumped right now.

[RRR18]

I'm guessin you got wrong series carrier with wrong gears?

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by RRR18

I'm guessin you got wrong series carrier with wrong gears?

I dunno brother, Its all for the 8-7/8" 12 bolt.
Ill post part numbers and if anyone wants to check it out and see if they can tell something is wrong.
Ring and Pinion set is RMG-12BT373T
Eaton unit is 19556-010
Both from Summit

[RRR18]

I'm pretty sure you got the series screwed up.
Part numbers you HAVE
-Carrier 19556-010 is a 4 series
-Ring and Pinion set RMG-12BT373T is 3 series
These won't work together.
If you keep one or other correct part numbers should be....
For a 4 series Carrier - Carrier 19556-010 and New 12BT373 Gears
For a 3 series Carrier - New Carrier 19587-010 and RMG-12BT373T Gears

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by RRR18

I'm pretty sure you got the series screwed up.
Part numbers you HAVE
-Carrier 19556-010 is a 4 series
-Ring and Pinion set RMG-12BT373T is 3 series
These won't work together.
If you keep one or other correct part numbers should be....
For a 4 series Carrier - Carrier 19556-010 and New 12BT373 Gears
For a 3 series Carrier - New Carrier 19587-010 and RMG-12BT373T Gears

Well Im sure they wont take any parts back after being installed... sort of... so the cheaper way out would be the gears... Now the 4 series does work with the housing right??

[RRR18]

Yes, either series works in housing.
The series HAVE TO match or they won't work at all.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by RRR18

Yes, either series works in housing.
The series HAVE TO match or they won't work at all.

Awesome, at least I know now that Im only out 165 bucks and not damn near 500 if they dont take them back. Thanks brother.

[Possmguts]

Well... just sitting around waiting on the machine shop to get that bearing off the pinion shaft hoping they dont mark up the pinion so I can just go down to Summit and swap out the gears for the right ones...

[Possmguts]

Ok, the rear end is set up and ready to roll with .010 backlash. It called for .008 to .012 so we are right smack dab in the middle happy place. Contact pattern looks good as well. Cant wait to see how it works on the street.

[Possmguts]

I cant say it enough about how nice and clean this Wilwood setup is. Its so simple to install and everything just bolts right up where its supposed to. That drum style E-brake is such a nice design that doesn't leave the calipers with a bunch of springs and junk hanging off. Just a nice clean design all around. Ill be ordering the front setup as soon as I can and will be using their master cylinder as well. Probably one of the best, if not Best, upgrades one could do to their old vehicle.

[Saclandman]

That's a sweet set up. Good job.

[Advanced Design]

Good quality parts that do what they are supposed to do are a pleasure. Looks good!
Pattern looks good too. Nice job.

[Possmguts]

The wife just looked at me funny when I told her Im about to really make a push for the super nationals in June... she said "there is no way you will be done by then". I told her "I didnt say I would be done, Ill just be cruising sitting on a 5 gal bucket if i have to" She said "You cant do that"... I said "dont worry baby, Ill but a milk crate on your side for you"

[Possmguts]

Ladies and Gentlemen.... we have a roller....

[flashed]

Congrats ,moving right along .

[Advanced Design]

Something about a freshly painted chassis with new parts that still excites me. Looks good!

[lower50's]

Chassis looks great. Glad you didn't give up, rebuilding is a big job and really big by yourself. Don't look at everything all at once, one thing at a time and then one day you will have a truck. Brakes look amazing, I get mine later today hope they bolt up as nice as yours.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by lower50's

Chassis looks great. Glad you didn't give up, rebuilding is a big job and really big by yourself. Don't look at everything all at once, one thing at a time and then one day you will have a truck. Brakes look amazing, I get mine later today hope they bolt up as nice as yours.

Thanks, the only thing I might complain about on the brake kit is they didnt come with bolts for the mounting bracket. We have a bolt place in town and I had them match up the old fine thread bolts... As much as the kit costs one would thing it would have come with the 8 bolts it takes to mount them to the axle housing with

[RRR18]

Making major headway.

[Possmguts]

Haven't been able to do much for several days now. I did kick it out of the garage the other day to do some much needed garage cleaning... While it was out of the way I pulled the cab out and did some undercoating removal on the bottom of the firewall. No parts money

[Possmguts]

I think I found my least favorite part of this build.... This stuff is not coming off without a fight. Im not going to worry about trying to get the outer floor clean as I will be replacing both sides anyway. I really dont think I need to try to replace the whole floor.