C-1 Rear crossmember

[Jerry C.]

Noticed that Corvette Central has listed rear crossmember for 53-57 and 61-62 as one part number and 58-60 another part number. Anyone know the difference? Thanks in advance.

[Al E.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

yes... one has extra holes for the rear bumper brackets.. I just bought one last week for my 1960 it is very heavy duty stuff. it comes as raw metal so you will have to clean it with a metal cleaner to remove the machine oil and paint it.

AL

[Brandon T.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

Do you know if the rivets that holds the rear crossmember in place go in from the top or bottom?

[Brandon T.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

I ordered one for my 58 but it only has 7 holes and my old one had 9 holes. Do you know how many holes it suppose to have?

[Donald H.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

Do you know if the rivets that holds the rear crossmember in place go in from the top or bottom?

I believe the head of the rivet is on the bottom. That's the way I did mine. I used acetylene torch and a home make bucking tool to set the rivets. Picture attached.



Crossmember rivets-2.jpg

[Steven B.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

See Al's reply for number of holes. The head faces down toward the pavement. GM replacement parts decades ago superceeded the earlier piece with the '58 up piece.

[Joe M.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

two versions

[Brandon T.]

Re: C-1 Rear crossmember

Thanks for the picture. I had to drill the holes on each end near the leaf spring brackets. Not sure why the new one didn't come with holes already drilled.