C3 Rear-end rebuild update

[WhiteShadow89158]

So the trailing arm got delivered to the wrong house so i'm gunna have to hold off the rebuild till thanksgiving but i got some work done.








After being pressure washed:













In this pic you can see where the PO damaged the trailing arm with a torch at the bottom of the main base.








and this is where he welded on the castle nut.




Diff+crossmember after some mineral spirits:




























Right hand T/A:









and misc.












Also could this be moved to projects plz? :beer:

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Looks like you're a busy beaver Are you going to do the diff or is it tight? I'll move it to projects. (looks like it was already moved)

 

[Twin_Turbo]

Also, what year is your car? Is it an 80-82 original Dana44 diff equipped car? You have the wrong strut rods, you need them with the angled ends.

 

[WhiteShadow89158]

The diff is going to be done in the future, i can feel slight play in it but should be good enough to get me around town for now. The strut rods are correct, its just at a bad angle. Its the stock diff so were all of the 80-82 dana44's? also its an 81.

 

[Criste]

Bit of work to remove all those parts, clean and refinish. Looks good so far. Do you plan to apply any finish to the batwing and diff?

 

[WhiteShadow89158]

i was thinking about just polishing up the aluminum to mix up the colors.