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Old 04-02-2018, 01:10 PM
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These were taken by Cole Reynolds...



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nice pictures, looks like allot of fun!
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Old 04-09-2018, 01:12 PM
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Clutch culprit found...





And the cure...



Hopefully that is the last repair done in here...



We close on the new house later this week. Woot!!!
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Old 04-09-2018, 02:32 PM
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Old 04-10-2018, 08:01 AM
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Clutch culprit found...


We close on the new house later this week. Woot!!!
I had the same problem in my WS6. I thought it was just me.


I remembered you saying you were closing this month but wasn't sure when. Congrats, the place looks awesome!

By the way, we had bitter cold Friday (was supposed to be a swap meet) and snow again last Sunday. Grrrr. You guys made the right decision.
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Old 04-23-2018, 09:25 PM
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Clutch culprit found...





And the cure...



Hopefully that is the last repair done in here...



We close on the new house later this week. Woot!!!
I know money is already spent....

I run a mcloed 1400 series HYD throw-out center on mine..
I see they have added some stuff I need to spend money on since I swapped to manual 15 years ago....
https://www.mcleodracing.com/index.p...cylinders.html

I have had better luck with 4th gen F body MC vs 3rd gen MCs


nice catching up on barney
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Just went through your whole thread this past week; couldn't stop. Best documentation and quantity of mods I've seen. Proof positive of what Ron says in his suspension threads, for sure! Car looks fantastic in the latest vids. Good to hear you're in the new place, too.

Are you keeping the tapered roller bearings in the rear axle? Are new axles required to do these? My 9" has Currie axles and I plan on putting different housing ends (has small Mustang ends on it now) to more easily accommodate bigger bearings and newer style brakes, but may go the full floater route. In the pics I saw the taper bearing isn't sealed on the inside, so I assume you don't use the internal axle seals with them? As for the locker, my best friend from high school and his little brother had Shelby's, a '69 GT-500 and a '68 GT-350 repectively, and both had Detroits and we never had a push problem in autoX. Noisy sometimes and you had to be careful on wet roads, but never had a maintenance problem. I rebuilt the Eaton posi in my Chevelle 3 times in 2.5 years.
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Thanks for the kind words Ric, it's been a journey for sure...

The tapered bearings in the rear axle have done their job well, much better alternative than the sealed bearing setup. And you are correct, no inner seals and the diff gear oil lubes the bearings. They do take a different axle than the sealed bearings as the ID of the bearings is just a tad bit larger on these.

I've had no pad knockback issues even after installing the fixed calipers so for now I'm staying with the rear axle setup currently on the car. If and when I ever get around to doing some sort of 3 link setup I'll consider going to a floater bearing setup as well, but it's not a crucial upgrade for me at this time.
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Was it under warranty ? And are you going to think of reinforce the new one so it won`t happen again.?
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I assume you are referring to the clutch master push rod? It was over 5 years old so I'm sure it was not under any warranty. At this time I just replaced it with another, it was a $90 part that is available at just about any auto parts store and not that hard to replace if it happens again. If it does happen again, maybe I'll be in a better place or time where I can modify or upgrade to better solution. For now, I'm just gonna send it...
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