gto406
05-02-2010, 01:51 PM
Hello all,
I was reviewing procedures (both in my GM shop-manual) and in the Richmond Gear instructions for disassembly of a 10 bolt (mine seems to be a 4-pinion Safe-T-Track) which is a little different from a Chev 10 bolt posi.
The GM procedure uses a special sliding hammer that bolts to the ring gear, while Richmond suggests (after the C-Clip is removed and the pinion shaft re-installed) that you use a box wrench and use the pinion yoke to 'walk the carrier out' of the differential.
My problem is that the Safe-T-Track has no means to remove the pinion shaft (at least in the diff) as it has these funny caps and no bolts that I can find.
I am therefore trying to figure our whether I should 'fab up' a tool which simulates the GM tool which adapts a sliding hammer to pull up the carrier.
Anyone else have any similar experiences? Any advice or thoughts always appreciated.
Cheers,
Brian
'72 GTO.
I was reviewing procedures (both in my GM shop-manual) and in the Richmond Gear instructions for disassembly of a 10 bolt (mine seems to be a 4-pinion Safe-T-Track) which is a little different from a Chev 10 bolt posi.
The GM procedure uses a special sliding hammer that bolts to the ring gear, while Richmond suggests (after the C-Clip is removed and the pinion shaft re-installed) that you use a box wrench and use the pinion yoke to 'walk the carrier out' of the differential.
My problem is that the Safe-T-Track has no means to remove the pinion shaft (at least in the diff) as it has these funny caps and no bolts that I can find.
I am therefore trying to figure our whether I should 'fab up' a tool which simulates the GM tool which adapts a sliding hammer to pull up the carrier.
Anyone else have any similar experiences? Any advice or thoughts always appreciated.
Cheers,
Brian
'72 GTO.