What's the Diff???

OK, I’ve had my dummy spit, now it’s time to get back into it.

I do have to admit, however, it was very pleasant lifting that grey cover on the lawn and rediscovering the boat sitting there (hereafter known as the Lawn Ornament).

So, getting on with it, the differential was removed (along with a whole lot of other things so that I could get at it) and taken to the expert, Scott Girard from Corvette Alterations & Conversions.

I also took the left hand Trailing Arm for Scott to have a look over.

The root cause of the problem was the left side Side Yoke. The Side Yoke is the bit that the Half Shaft (Axle) attaches to. It was so badly worn that the circlip that holds it in place was almost ready to fall off. Could have been quite interesting if that had happened.

Scott, as usual, had the necessary parts in stock, and fixed it within a few days. To cover all tracks, he also replaced a bearing in the Trailing Arm, shimmed it, greased it etc.

With that done, it was just a matter of putting it all back together and finally start driving the Corvette ………… or was it??

Don't Ask!

Given up on the 'vette......gone out in the boat!

Hub Movement

Here's what got alarm bells ringing....

"Every Picture Tells a Story, Don’t It?"

OK, we managed to get the car Registered just before Christmas, just in time for Summer Cruisin’.

I knew that there would be a few little issues crop up when the Corvette was finally on the road, but I wasn’t quite prepared for the events that have/are taking place.

The first time the engine was fired up, it sounded really strong. I was quite excited by this, thought this Corvette was going to be a "goer". Things have deteriorated since then, but we’ll cover the engine issues off in another episode.

There were only two things on the car that weren’t reconditioned during the rebuild.
The Differential sounded OK on the very short drive before the car was pulled apart, so I didn’t touch that.
The right hand side Trailing Arm had stickers on it indicating that it had recently been reconditioned, prior to importing to Australia, so I didn’t touch that either.

You can probably guess where I’m going with this ……….. there is, shall we say, “excessive” movement in the rear right hand wheel, most likely caused or contributed to by the hub bearing and or the diff.

And the diff is leaking around the flanges.

Yep, the car is in the process of being pulled apart........again!

The pictures tell the story.