[cap-m68]

In my quest to restore this car, I am currently working on restoring the rear end. All I wanted to do was clean the rust and gunk off the thing, paint it, replace the drum breaks and break hose and put it back on but as I was cleaning it I spun the yoke and realized that the left spline axle shaft spins better then the right one. The right one seems to to spin fine when i spin it by hand and it spins just as fast as the left when I spin it by hand but it is slower and seems to miss when I spin the yoke. This concerned me and I'm wondering if it needs to be balanced or if it is fine. Also I'm wondering if I should do anything extra to a 40 year old rear end before I put it back on that could save me from unneeded hassle in the future.

[heavy metal]

It sounds like a limited slip rear,and they are fine.I would suggest to pull the cover and inspect the gears.Replace the pinion and axle seals.Maybe go back with synthetic fluid.And on the brakes i would install new wheel cylinders and brake hardware kits.

[cap-m68]

Yeah I was planing on going all new with the breaks. And I'm thinking I'll take your advice and change out those pinion and axle seals. Ive herd of just taking a pipe and putting it through the axle housing and tapping the barring and seal out from the back. And I'm guessing the pinion seal will just pop out with like a screwdriver or something. Any advice on how to do that?

[silver69]

If it is a limited slip unit do not put synthetic fluid in it, those clutches are not designed to use syntehtics and may chatter or burn out from excess slippage.