The 67 Camaro Rear End Saga ( Rebuilding The Rear End And Building A Custom 4 Link )

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Hey Guys. Gonna start a build thread on my rear suspension. But before I start ill give a little Background on the car itself. About 5 Years ago I traded a 2000 Camaro Z28 for a Rolling chassis 67 Camaro that was in Primer With the hopes of Learning and Performing everything myself. The car was a drag car, had ladder bars, coilovers and a fuel cell. In the few years after trading, I swapped a Ls1/t56 into it, Painted it, built and swapped a forged, cammed iron block ls1 into it, swapped a 98 trans am dash/console into it. rewired front to back. installed a holley efi system, and recently did my first exhaust system. I built this car with the mindset that Im gonna Almost daily drive it.
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About a month ago, while cruising in my 67 Camaro my rear end started to make a growling noise, once I got home I Jacked up the rear and noticed there was a dent in the diff cover as if something tried to get out. Not Good, Upon taking the cover off I noticed a bolt in the bottom of the rear end, then another, then another until I pulled ten bolts out of the bottom of the rear end.

At this point I realized I dont really know anything about rear ends, so for a solid week I read and watched everything I could get my hands on. Once i was a little more confident I began dis-assembly of the rear end. Wasn't and easy task, the small bolt that holds the Pin in sheared and It was a matter of beating and cutting the pin til i could get it out. Only then I realized that the rear end was equipped with C-Clip Eliminators, so the pin removal did nothing for me.



Heres a pic of the Old Carrier



Once i removed the axles I was able remove the caps and pull out the carrier, turns out its a 12 bolt car gov-lock carrier. upon research there also called time bombs lol. lucky for me i had a chevelle rear end laying around and pulled the Eaton style posi out of it, bought some 3.55 gears to replace the 4.11's . and this begins this build. starting with an empty rear end and some parts laying around everywhere.