{"id":1385,"date":"2011-09-10T14:04:31","date_gmt":"2011-09-10T21:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/?p=1385"},"modified":"2012-03-28T13:00:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T20:00:29","slug":"project-9-ford-for-our-chevelle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwestvets.com\/blog2\/2011\/09\/10\/project-9-ford-for-our-chevelle\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 9″ Ford for our Chevelle"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 Sept 2011<\/span>:\u00a0 Today Chris removed the bent and cracked 12-bolt from his Chevelle<\/span>. Below are a couple of pictures. The old 12-bolt with <\/span>Summers<\/em> spool, axles, c-clip eliminator kit and caps gave us many years of excellent service. It just gave up after many years of abuse. The cracks are highlighted below:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Crack in axle tube going into center section of our old 12-bolt<\/p><\/div>\n

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Old 12-bolt with bent axle tubes<\/p><\/div>\n

We’ll be replacing the complete rear end with a housing fabricated by Bill Scribner, new ladder bars and track locator<\/span>, <\/span>Strange<\/em> center section (extra unit from our ’57) with new large-pinion 4.71 Pro gears, Strange<\/em> spool\u00a0and Moser<\/span><\/span><\/em> axles. More as the project moves forward!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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15 September 2011<\/span>: The old 12-bolt housing is now in the hands of Bill Scribner. In the interim, Chris and I will be setting up the new 4.71 gears in the Strange<\/em> center. – Roger<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

24 September 2011<\/span>: Chris, Paul and I put together the Strange<\/em> center section with the new 4.71 big-pinion gears today. All went very well!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Setting up pinion bearing preload in Strange pinion support<\/p><\/div>\n

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New pinion installed in pinion support with new big-pinion yoke<\/p><\/div>\n

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Installing ring gear bolts on Strange spool<\/p><\/div>\n

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Installing pinion support & pinion in Strange Nodular case<\/p><\/div>\n

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Completed Strange 9-inch Ford center<\/p><\/div>\n

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Below is a video provided by HotRod<\/em> showing the assembly of a Strange<\/em> Dana 60 ring & pinion. The basics apply to installing all gear sets:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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