Re: REAR END

Posted by Bill on September 08, 1998 at 18:22:33

In Reply to: REAR END
posted by Michael D on September 08, 1998 at 14:53:39

: I recently took my '30 rear end apart for inspection and some minor rework (seals, gaskets,etc.).I used Les Andrews book for reference and everything went Ok.

: One aspect of this assenbly still is a question. In the book, it states that the left axle housing weld should face the front of the car.Mine faces downward.

: This rear end seems to perform OK and I'm curious about the weld business.

: Would appreciate some comments of this.

: Thanks, Michael D

In some cases the housings were not carefully lined up in the jig at the factory, and so the welds do not face forward, but in any number of places.This is one of the assembly quirks of the car, and I personally like to see these kind of parts on a car, just to show that things were not always made exactly as they were supposed to be.The book says to face them forward because most of them are welded so that the seam faces either to the front or rear, and to face it to the rear would be unsightly.




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