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badjuju342 · 12-26-2005, 10:12 PM

Okay , here's our progress so far. First the 10 bolt. It started out looking like this:

Then after a LOT of scraping sanding and cleaning:

I then used POR-15 ,the Marine Clean and Metal Ready (all POR -15 products) to get this:

I'll still have to topcoat it as POR-15 does not react well to sunlight. But it won't get rusty again.
This pic is a peek at the 3:73 gears , plus a few other goodies. I used a Ratech rebuild kit , Ratech solid pinion spacer , and a stud kit for the bearing caps I got from Thunder Racing. I also had the axle tubes welded to the the differential housing and removed the casting flash for added strength.

I realize that a 10 bolt is not going to be even remotely strong as a 12 bolt or 9 inch but it should do ok for my purposes.

12-26-2005, 10:12 PM	#49
badjuju342 Admin behaving badly..... Trader Rating: 3 Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Nashville, TN and I said I can post in the Southern section ,that's who! Posts: 3,836	Okay , here's our progress so far. First the 10 bolt. It started out looking like this: Then after a LOT of scraping sanding and cleaning: I then used POR-15 ,the Marine Clean and Metal Ready (all POR -15 products) to get this: I'll still have to topcoat it as POR-15 does not react well to sunlight. But it won't get rusty again. This pic is a peek at the 3:73 gears , plus a few other goodies. I used a Ratech rebuild kit , Ratech solid pinion spacer , and a stud kit for the bearing caps I got from Thunder Racing. I also had the axle tubes welded to the the differential housing and removed the casting flash for added strength. I realize that a 10 bolt is not going to be even remotely strong as a 12 bolt or 9 inch but it should do ok for my purposes. __________________ owner of www.clubhioctane.com <----JOIN! '89 Camaro RS 'vert w/LS1 /T56 +'01 NBM A4 T/A www.fquick.com/badjuju342