C2 - Rearend Rebuild

[Rory Riedy]

While I'm in the pocess of a frame off restoration am thinking of having my rearend rebuilt. Is in good shape but why not? I have been told Bair's does a great job with these rebuilds.

Does anyone have experience with Bair rebuilds.

Also intrested in trailing arm & steering box rebuild. Anyone have any recommendations.

[Mike M.]

Re: C2 - Rearend Rebuild

Yogi at bairs does good work. what part of country ya in? may be closer rebuilders. mike

[Timothy B.]

Re: C2 - Rearend Rebuild

I just got my wheel bearing assys back from BAK Automotive. They are less expensive than any place out there and do great work in my experience. Mark is easy to talk to and helpful. Note that they run small ads in the Driveline and show prices about $10 less than their website.

www.bakautomotive.com

[Rory Riedy]

Re: C2 - Rearend Rebuild

Mike,

I'm in St. Loius, Mo. If you know of anyone local or close I would certainly appreciate the information. I am brand new to this restoration process.

Thanks,

Rory

[Mike M.]

Re: C2 - Rearend Rebuild

most auto machine shops can rebuild rear ends. send the trailing arms to yogi or mark Kibbe at 703 669 4425 or email him at E: kibbe@api.org . mark is excellent and reasonable. i prefer mark. mike

[Mike McKown]

To answer your question directly,

if it is in good shape, meaning it is not noisy and not leaking fluid, I would have the seals replaced and then forget it. It's not a good idea to fool with gears and bearings that have run together for a long time by replacing the bearings and then expect the gears to mesh back together in the same way which, if they don't, will result in noise.

At new car launches I am familiar with, the drive team is the last to leave and of the drive team, the rear axle guys are the last to leave beacause they always had to work on eliminating rear gear noise. As an example, if a gear set-up worked ok in a Chevelle 10 bolt axle, the same gear set-up in a Chevy II 10 bolt axle may be noisy. They had to fine tune them. That's why I say if your gear is quiet now, leave it alone and go with the seals only.

[George C.]

Re: To answer your question directly,

FWIW I agree with Mike. All I did was change the pinion and axle seals put a new gasket on the cover and replace the gear lube. Don't forget the additive to keep the clutches slipping well if you have a positraction unit.

George

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