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About a month ago I pulled the 2:78 open Dana 44 rear end out of the 83 Avanti for modification. While under the car and the weather being in the 60's in Michigan I decided to scrape the cruddy undercoating of the frame.
Well guess what I found. If you say "Rust" Bunky you would be correct. In the kickup over the axle while I was scraping in spots the bottom plate literally crumbled. It looked fine with the undercoating in place. Even more amazing is that hat part of the frame was almost rust free. So I POR-15ed the inside and welded 1/8" plate back in place.
After that surprise, I looked at the hog trough's and found a couple of soft spots near the rear of each. So I repaired that with 18 ga sheet metal.
Now to Ernie's advice. He had suggested drilling holes in the floor above the hog troughs and using POR-15 on the inside. I grabbed the 3 1/4" hole saw and "After Swallowing Hard" put it to work.
This what it looks like.
Here are the tools I fabricated for the job. Yep, That's why it's in the tech section.
"TOOLS"
I made sure I cut the head off the driver in front of the rest of the golf clubs after I explained they would be next if their ball striking did not improve. I also cut up an old golf towel and zip tied it to the end.
And lastly, The reason that the whole thing started was the axle rebuild.
Here it the rebuilt Dana 44 with a 4:10 Tru-Trac posi installed.
I think it's going to be great although I'm a little nervous about the chrome from "You Know Who".[}
]
The weather is about to turn to crud but will be back in the 50's in a week.
Dang I love this non-coverall environment in the pole barn. Great to be modifing again.
Bob
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About a month ago I pulled the 2:78 open Dana 44 rear end out of the 83 Avanti for modification. While under the car and the weather being in the 60's in Michigan I decided to scrape the cruddy undercoating of the frame.
Well guess what I found. If you say "Rust" Bunky you would be correct. In the kickup over the axle while I was scraping in spots the bottom plate literally crumbled. It looked fine with the undercoating in place. Even more amazing is that hat part of the frame was almost rust free. So I POR-15ed the inside and welded 1/8" plate back in place.
After that surprise, I looked at the hog trough's and found a couple of soft spots near the rear of each. So I repaired that with 18 ga sheet metal.
Now to Ernie's advice. He had suggested drilling holes in the floor above the hog troughs and using POR-15 on the inside. I grabbed the 3 1/4" hole saw and "After Swallowing Hard" put it to work.
This what it looks like.
Here are the tools I fabricated for the job. Yep, That's why it's in the tech section.
"TOOLS"
I made sure I cut the head off the driver in front of the rest of the golf clubs after I explained they would be next if their ball striking did not improve. I also cut up an old golf towel and zip tied it to the end.
And lastly, The reason that the whole thing started was the axle rebuild.
Here it the rebuilt Dana 44 with a 4:10 Tru-Trac posi installed.
I think it's going to be great although I'm a little nervous about the chrome from "You Know Who".[}
]The weather is about to turn to crud but will be back in the 50's in a week.
Dang I love this non-coverall environment in the pole barn. Great to be modifing again.
Bob
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