<VV> Clutch release shaft.

Sun Jun 30 15:48:00 EDT 2013

Smitty Says;  First the clutch release shaft for a standard and a posi are
the same.
Replacement of the shaft is not awfully difficult but It sure would be nice
if you could find an old head that has done it to instruct you and decipher
the instructions in the manual.  The entire innards of the diff has to come
out and the shaft has to be pressed out. (to the inside).  Pay particular
attention to the front bearing while you have the diff apart.  (The one next
to the pinion gear).  That is probably thr most heavily loaded and highly
stressed bearing in the car.  Also the first to starve when the tranny
grease gets low.  Good luck.  

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   1. TV Show (Smitty)
   2. discovered 62 posi diff snout fractured (Ramon Rodriguez III)

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Message: 1
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 13:09:52 -0400
From: "Smitty" <vairologist at cox.net>
Subject: <VV> TV Show
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Smitty Says;  The TV Discovery, Velocity channel, is showing The Phantom
Works Restoration facility on 8 and 11:00 tomorrow, Eastern time. the 29th.
Connection to Corvair is that our club was invited to tour the place a
couple of years ago.  When Bill Hubbell had a misapplication of pedal event
with Alice they are the ones who restored the damage.  This place is huge,
covering an entire industrial block.  The owner said he didn't like Mustangs
much but they were bread and butter.  He had 14 of them in work when we were
there. Another project was making a removable fiberglass split window top
for a 63 Vette convertible.  Also were working on a 396 Chevelle for a
double amputee Vet.  They put an automatic folding ramp and a hidden suicide
rear door on the left side so the chair could be automatically brought up
the ramp, turned, and then lowered behind the wheel.  Several
antique/vintage cars were in work as well as several costume jobs.  

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Message: 2
Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2013 23:30:32 -0400
From: Ramon Rodriguez III <corvairgrymm at gmail.com>
Subject: <VV> discovered 62 posi diff snout fractured
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Hi guys.  Today we finally got to installing that 140 engine in Ben's
62 coupe, a job I had asked lots of questions about some time back.
Ben is a good friend of mine ( he is 27 years old) who fell in love with
Corvairs after riding around in mine quite a bit.  Ben rode along with me a
couple of years ago when I bought a cheap 62 PG Monza coupe, black with red
interior, and he fell in love with the car as soon as he saw it and told me
he wanted to find one identical but with a four speed.  A year or so later
we found him a barnyard 62 Monza four speed coupe which he bought for $400
and we towed it to my house where it has been for a year or so since while I
helped him work toward getting it put together enough to drive in what tiny
bit of spare time he has.
 The car has some body rust and bad floors but the undercarriage is actually
pretty decent... for now it is destined to be a "rat rod"
with a 140 engine upgrade, but he does plan to slowly turn it into a nice
car as time and money permit.

We have had a couple of rotten luck setbacks which I've helped Ben through,
starting with the discovery of a shredded rear wheel bearing that I replaced
with one from one of my project cars without telling Ben what they cost.
The one thing that made up for it was we got lucky and it turned out the car
had a posi diff which Ben was excited about.  Today, while we thought we
were within 24 hours of having the
140 engine installed and the car finally on the road we suffered another
huge setback... that posi diff turned on us!

When we separated the 62's engine and transaxle I found the snout seal
retainer floating on the shaft.  The seal is shredded and the snout has a
fracture at the bottom.  I've heard many mentions of the dreaded broken diff
snout, and I always use my threaded rods to protect the snout when
separating or assembling drive trains.  This discovery explains the oil
saturated clutch and rough engagement that made the car essentially
undrivable.

My first question is whether or not the part we need is different for a posi
than for a standard diff?  Next up is whether or not replacing the part is
any worse a job on a posi diff?  Ben was crushed by the disappointment so
near the goal of finally driving his Corvair after a year of waiting.

I have never done any differential or transmission work, this will be a new
experience for me and I'm not 100% sure I'm up to the task.  Any help and/or
advice would be appreciated.

Ray Rodriguez III
Lake Ariel, PA

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