| Re: [GMCnet] That $@@(&&)! Final Drive bracket! [message #321742 is a reply to message #321729] |
Mon, 07 August 2017 06:42   |
Ken Henderson
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Registered: March 2004
Location: Americus, GA
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Rick,
It's been so long since I R&R'd a FD with an Olds engine that I can't speak
with authority. However, IIRC, it was necessary to remove the plate
attached to the side of the engine block rather than just the bracket
across the top of the FD. When we did the FD on the Cad last week, we had
to rotate the FD about the pinon axis, but that was, I think, because of my
custom front engine mount. It may make removal easier if you remove the FD
cover.
Good luck; maybe next day will get off to a good start with the FD and be
less frustrating.
Ken H.
On Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 9:59 PM, Richard Denney wrote:
> So, what is the magic trick for removing the final drive?
>
> I have all the bolts out (except one at top I left in loosely for safety)
> and removed the steering stabilizer and its bracket (Ken will remember how
> that interfered with us during transmission installation). I removed the
> long bolt on the top bracket, and the bolts holding in the stub axle.
>
> But the hood on that upper bracket wraps over the top of the FD case,
> preventing it from sliding forward to separate from the transmission. I
> know that those in the know cut that hood off, and Manny sent me a new
> bracket that doesn't have it. The aft bolt holding that bracket to the
> engine block is defeating me, but do you remove that (somehow) and that
> blasted power steering lower bracket and leave the bracket on the FD case?
>
> People change final drives routinely without messing with the transmission,
> so I know there's a trick I'm missing. Do you pull the stub axle and rotate
> the case around to clear that top bracket?
>
> Rick "whose front end parts are all removed and ready for new stuff, but
> wants the new final drive in first" Denney
> --
>
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